LISTENING FOR THE WHISPER FROM WITHIN

I  once was told that until we learn to reject, we'll never be able to handle rejection. I now know that to be true.

Further, I've found that we must learn how to reject. Our concern must be in leaving the rejected one with some measure of dignity...and we can only do that by rejecting in a dignified manner...as opposed to screaming like a fishwife or barroom bouncer and storming out the door and down the street.

This requires a lot of practice...actually, it more requires our sitting in silence, listening for the whisper from within. I once heard that since rejection has such a pejorative sense, it is a good thing to substitute for "rejecting,"  "passing on by" or "not participating in." I've never said to someone that I'm rejecting you, and it doesn't hurt to train my thoughts to use softer terms.

We need to learn to reject with love, with peace, with honor...given. For it is only by learning to live with those as our goal that we will ever know love, peace and honor...whether we receive them from out there or only from within, the real pearl beyond price.

Thank You.