Rejection is just Redirection

I heard this today and it hot home on so many fronts.  Many of us think of this in regards to relationships, which is true, rejection hurts more than we can sometimes understand or comprehend.  However, if we think about this in every aspect of our life, we see how very true this phrase/meaning really is. 

I caught myself looking back at many of my struggles in life.  In ALL of them, I was given an opportunity to how I would react to each situation that I saw as a failure.  I have spoken about goals and goal sickness before, when we have goals that do not develop as we had wanted or when we wanted, we get frustrated and try to find a way to push forward and get to that goal.  I love goals and think that they are great, in so long that the goals in themselves are of good nature and for the right reasons. 

Now our minds can rationalize and justify any means to an end, but that does not mean we are being completely honest with who really are.  Knowing yourself well enough and having that confidence that you are a unique person who is different than everyone else that we try to live up to.  We to often get caught up in "Living up the Jones" in this material world, I have been there and done that.  Many of us think we would never do such a thing, but the reality is that it is way too easy to fall into that trap and we end up chasing the wrong goals and pursuits. 

I look back onto some of the more notable failures in my life, I firmly believe that there were distinct signs along the way in which I had an opportunity to make better decisions that would have had more favorable consequences.  It was like I was getting hit on the head by God saying "Hey John, stop this, don't be stupid"  Granted, they started out as small steps in the wrong direction, but as I was lost and going down the wrong path, I was not able to see through the fog.  Along this road, I had many opportunities to make U-Turns or make adjustments, but I was set on getting to where I thought I need to go.

However, reflecting back, I can more clearly see that every rejection/failure was a blessing in so many ways.  Yes, it gave me an opportunity to learn and that is never a bad thing.  If you are a person of great faith, you can see how the seemingly coincidental occurrence's are just God's way of remaining anonymous.  Things today are exactly as they should be, even though they are not how we would have wanted or planned them to be.  Each day/opportunity that is presented to us, we are faced with decisions that will make a huge impact on our lives.   See, God gave us free will to make decisions as we feel are best.  However, when we are so called "Lost" and not acting in line or accordance with his will, he allows us to face rejection so that we can feel and understand ourselves better.  When we know ourselves better and have a deeper faith that everything will workout just as it should, we are operating in the flow of the universe.   Follow your life with passion, we still need to do the work, but make sure to take time to meditate and see that all of the pain we feel with rejection, will propel is to an even better joy than we can imagine.  Life is a journey, enjoy the ride and be thankful for everything that comes into your, as it can always be a million times worse.