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Handling Rejection Has anyone ever visited the site net-burst.net?? The author of the posts Grantley Morris has some amazing, thought-provoking and informative articles. One I have enjoyed reading over again is titled Handling Rejection. I would like to share some of it with you: "If only we could laugh in the midst of our trial. Coping with rejection and apparent failure is a serious matter. The tragic death of John Kennedy Toole screams this truth at anyone lucky enough to need an explanation. No publisher would touch Toole's book. In a vain attempt to kill the pain, he suicided. Posthumously, his book was published. It won the 1980 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. But don't scoff at the scoffers. In its early stages, virtually every great achievement has seemed pathetically insignificant. THE CRITICS Many of us have stifled our life by heeding some misguided critic who implied we were not good enough. Few things in life are certain. But criticism is. Though spineless people-pleasers try hard, no one totally avoids criticism. Being right doesn't help. Neither does loving everyone, or being perfect. The world crucified the only One with these qualities. Everything he did upset someone. He was criticized even by friends, family, and religious leaders. Twenty centuries later, with the advantage of hindsight, he is still slandered. DID YOU KNOW? ---Most actors wanting the role of Long John Silver are hopelessly inadequate. They have too many legs.--- ---Most people look like ridiculously overdressed, non-Japanese, anorexic sumo wrestlers.--- ---When I was younger I could run faster then Carl Lewis. Over the years my superiority gradually waned, especially after baby Carl learned to walk.--- I know what you're thinking: I've finally blown a fuse upstairs. Before you start sending get-well cards, however, let me assure you I'm as sane as anyone else here in the psychiatric ward. MY POINT IS THIS: whether you see yourself as gifted or queer, indispensable or inadequate, depends entirely on the frame of reference you choose. From God's frame of reference--the life's work he has chosen for you--no one is as perfectly endowed as you. If that seems like soppy idealism, you have not thought it through. Do so, and it will become a treasured source of strength and inspiration. You could choose any person to fill volumes with what he or she cannot do or is hopeless at, but that's of no more concern than the fact that a video recorder cannot fly, quench thirst, tie shoelaces, and prevent tooth decay. Besides the endless list of things a video recorder cannot do, many of the things it CAN do, it does poorly. It's an inferior paperweight, straightedge, and bookend. You could use it as a fly-swatter--once. Such lists miss the critical point: anything skillfully designed is ideally equipped---and usually solely equipped---for the specific and commendable purpose for which it was made. OF COURSE you cannot do everything. That was never your Designer's intention. But to imagine that your Creator will not fashion you WITH PERFECTION for your reason for existence, is to accuse your Maker of impotence and incompetence. Face facts: everything God does is impressive. For the exact role that he created you, you are superbly endowed. All you need do is yield to him." I hope these words help and encourage you as they do me.  
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6/17/2005 5:25 pm |
Thanks DAngel, very encouraging. "From God's frame of reference--the life's work he has chosen for you--no one is as perfectly endowed as you...OF COURSE you cannot do everything...everything God does is impressive. For the exact role that he created you, you are superbly endowed. All you need do is yield to him." yield...surrender...doing our work in His strength...allowing him to work through us...what a process huh? i find that for myself it is a daily, continual thing...the yielding...giving it over to him... Thanks so much for sharing that. Hellen
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6/17/2005 9:58 pm |
Yes, thank you! 
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