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Day 3059: Embrace Rejection

“We spend so much time being afraid of failure, afraid of rejection. But regret is the thing we should fear most. Failure is an answer. Rejection is an answer. Regret is an eternal question you will never have the answer to.”― Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

It’s 11: 20 AM on day 3059 since I started blogging and I managed to pray, read a Bible verse, spend time outside and do some work

Today I realized every day (literally every single day) people reject my requests, suggestions and ideas and yet every day I move from one rejection to another without loss of enthusiasm because I know that as long as I keep asking somebody is bound to say yes eventually – sometimes courage is not jumping off cliffs sometimes courage is asking for something knowing people could very well say no.

Day 2107: Rejection, Life and Me

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When rejected maintain a good attitude because NOBODY owes you anything in this life you have to sow 100 days to reap 1 day – that’s my message to the world.

It’s 12 : 00 PM on day 2107 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray, read Romans 15: 33, learn one new thing – On November 21, 1783 the first free flight carrying a human occurred in Paris, France. It was in a hot air balloon made of paper and silk made by the Montgolfier brothers. The balloon carried two men, Francois Pilatre de Rozier and Francois Laurent, Marquis of d’ Arlanders.- have breakfast and work on my 25 Smiles Campaign – raised $5 910 only $340 more to raise before Jan 10 2017 (SO SO SO GRATEFUL to everyone who has supported this campaign so far 🙂 ).

Yesterday I was having a tough day lots of rejection and being ignored what I learned was to maintain a good attitude through it all because NOBODY owes me anything in this life I have to sow 100 days to reap 1 day.

Day 1601: What fundraising has taught me about rejection

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Accept rejection with grace and move on quickly – that’s what fundraising has taught me.

It’s 12 : 06 PM on day 1601 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray, read Jeremiah 18, publish my Disability of the Day feature, learn one new thing –”Sternutation” is a fancy word for the act of sneezing – feed myself bran flakes with banana for breakfast, hang out with family and promote my Educate Generations campaign–still on $1 730 and still grateful 🙂

Today it dawned on me that fundraising has taught me to accept rejection with grace and move on quickly when someone says no to me (which has happened more times than I can count) I just say thank you and move on knowing that every no is one step closer to a yes.

Day 1260: Is your fear of rejection stopping you from achieving your dreams?

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Once you let go of your fear of rejection you can achieve almost anything – that’s what I realized today.

It’s 12 : 08 PM on day 1260 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to pray, brush my teeth, read Esther 4, publish my Disability of the Day feature, feed myself egg with bread for breakfast, practice sitting up straight to strengthen my core muscles, promote my Eradicate AIDS campaign – nobody donated so far today either – stretch my hamstrings and promote my campaign some more – still no luck.

Last night I spent a few hours on Twitter telling people about my Eradicate AIDS campaign and asking them to donate one person wished me well while another said she would donate when she could at this point in my life I have no problem asking people for anything the worst anybody can say is no and since I’ve heard no many times and survived I know that I will be fine whether people choose to help me or not. Is your fear of rejection stopping you from achieving your dreams?

Day 190

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The whole is more than the sum of its parts. – Aristotle

It’s 10: 31 PM on day 190 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign for a few hours – no luck – feed myself rice and curry for lunch, tweet about my campaign some more – still no luck 🙁 – feed myself Chapati – an unleavened flatbread – filled with salad and mutton gravy and watch TV.

Several people – my mother included – have told me that I am wise beyond my years and although that this is true to a certain extent I think that they have forgotten that I am just a nineteen soon-to-be twenty-year-old girl trying to find my place in the world with that said I would like to take this moment to introduce you to all aspects of me – from my favourite music, movies and books to my greatest hopes, fears and future travel destinations – like me or leave me I don’t mind either way 🙂

Nisha: The Human Being

I hope to:

Learn how to do things by myself
Become an author
Buy a house
Travel the world

I am afraid of:

Public speaking
Rejection
The possibility of having to live with my parents for the rest of my life

The Colosseum, Rome

The Big Ben, London

The Eiffel Tower, Paris

Day 176

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The worst thing in the world is not rejection it’s lack of validation – that’s what I learned today 🙂

It’s 9: 13 PM on day 176 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, feed myself a chicken polony sandwich for a snack – it turns out that lent starts on Ash Wednesday for everybody and I just got the date wrong LOL 🙂 – tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign for a few hours – no luck – feed myself rice and curry for lunch, tweet about my campaign some more – still no luck – feed myself butternut for dinner and watch TV.

Today as I was sitting in front of my laptop raising awareness about my campaign I couldn’t help but remember all the people in my life who didn’t even bother to reply to my donation requests and in that moment I realized that I would rather hear a no than get no response at all because I believe that even when you say nothing you’re saying something and what those people were saying to me was you’re not even worth 5 minutes of my time. Do you ignore people because rejecting them would be too uncomfortable? 🙂