Rejection
It’s a motivator to do better, to grow beyond our normal selves!
Rejection
Rejection is never easy to take
You’ll be like what did I do?
Why me? Why now?
What’s wrong with you?
But rejection in truth
It is never about you
It’s about what or who rejected you
And why they couldn’t cope with your truth
It doesn’t matter really
Because rejection is very important in life
It’s the place from which we all grow
Like a launching pad!
The place which makes an impact within us
It makes us want to prove our worth
And usually we do
Depending on who rejected us and how
It can be such a motivation to overcome failure
to register a place in somebody’s heart
or secure for us an interesting spot
Think Steve Jobs
He lived and died famous
not just for the Macintosh computer he created
But for the IPods, the iPhones and the iPads he inspired into existence
All out of his deep curiosity
All of them a beautiful innovation
That brings warmth to our hearts
when we think about them
Would it have happened if he had been left alone?
I doubt it!
Sometimes, somethings happen to us
for exactly this reason
To motivate us beyond our normal selves
Take us places we never imagined
Where has rejection taken you in life?
Think about this!
Peace ✌🏽
The piece feels like someone speaking from the raw moment when rejection still stings, yet already begins to reshape something inside. It captures the confusion we all feel at first the self‑doubt, the “why me,” the instinct to blame ourselves before we breathe. What makes it deeply human is the shift from hurt to understanding, recognising that rejection often says more about the other person’s limits than our own worth. The poem honours the strange way pain becomes a turning point, a place where we gather strength we didn’t know we had. It reminds us that certain “no’s” push us further than comfort ever would. The reference to Steve Jobs becomes a symbol of how being dismissed can ignite a fire rather than extinguish one. There’s a quiet tenderness in the idea that rejection can guide us toward places we never imagined. The text invites us to see our own past wounds with softer eyes, as moments that shaped rather than diminished us. And beneath every line lies a gentle truth: sometimes the door that closes is the one that finally lets us grow into who we were meant to be.