Fear of Rejection

Fear of rejection is very common in just about everything.  Either you been rejected by the basketball team or a career opportunity was given to someone else. Either way, it’s something in us that is truly afraid to share our life rejections. I will agree I’ve been a victim of this for a while. I didn’t want to tell people too much just in case I didn’t get the job or be accepted into the school. The truth is we don’t want to be embarrassed and looked at as a failure. 

My first rejection letter was not even a letter it was actually an email (They didn’t want to waste paper on me shrugs). It came only a month after I submitted my application. Shortly afterward rejection letters rolled in like clockwork. I didn’t tell anyone in my family and it took me over 4 months until I mentioned it to any friends. 

I started this blog because I knew that some people didn’t get into PT school their first time around. I wanted to become selfless and vulnerable in hopes that this will inspire someone to keep pushing. 

I always complain about how I’m the oldest sibling and I like to call myself the trial child ( If things don’t work out for me they’ll know for next time). As I grew older I realized that I want more for my siblings than I had. If that means I’m the trial child to create a better life for them then so be it. If you think about it all of the opportunities Black people have today have been afforded to us by our ancestors. My point is rejection is going to happen regardless but why not write or talk about it so the next person won’t give up. We are supposed to uplift and inspire each other and we can’t do that if there is a race for the top.