Rejection or Redirection?

What if rejection is really only redirection?

The thought came to me the other day as I was pondering some changes in my life. In many of the cases, what seemed to be a very difficult time or circumstance actually was almost a blessing in disguise. If the one door had not closed, I would not have looked for another and would not have found the better door to walk through.

Have you ever experienced a rejection? Rejection hurts. It doesn't matter where it comes from, it just hurts. Sometimes it's hard to get past a rejection. It can affect how we feel about life and how we feel about ourselves. It can keep us from moving forward.

Sometimes, we won't make a change until we are forced to. Even if we're uncomfortable. Even if we know it's not where we need to be. Sometimes, rejection is exactly what we need to move forward.

What if we changed how we thought about rejection? What if we just considered it as redirection, instead?

Have you ever tried to navigate one of those maze puzzles? There's usually only one way in and one way out. Getting out of the maze involves making several wrong turns, having to change direction at dead ends, and keeping on going until you find the right path out.

Life can be a lot like a maze. It's full of opportunities to change direction, isn't it?

The next time we face a rejection, we can choose to consider it as a redirection and then take a different path to move forward.  The new path might be exactly what we need and might take us to wonderful places we never even thought of!