In life, rejection and failure are inevitable. It will happen to everyone at least once and will happen to most people multiple times yearly. I have been rejected multiple times in life at sports, jobs, and friendships. People view rejection as a negative thing with no positive outcomes. I understand that perspective; however, what I have noticed is that rejection can come with positive effects. Rejection sometimes isn’t rejection actually; it is a just a way of saying this is not right for you.

I was never the best at sports. In fact, my hand and eye coordination are basically non-existent, so I was never picked first to be on teams. I was never first string in any sport I played. Let it be said that I have done almost all sports one could try. Being told that I’m not good at something, and not starting in any sport, made me want to try harder. It made me want to fight harder, and prove that I can be good.

In school, I have always been smart and studied hard, but never made it to the top of my class. I have made merit role, yet never honor roll. This may not exactly be rejection, but it is a form of not being good enough. This taught me that hard work does pay off; sometimes not right away, but it does. I learned that working hard is worth the strive and long hours because the outcome is worth it. I worked hard throughout high school to get to the school that I am at now, and that was because I always worked to improve.

Rejection is not meant to push you down, but to give you the confidence to get up and try again. When you don’t get what you want, don't give up. If people did that, we would not have all the technological devices we have today. Rejection is not worth the tears nor the feeling of defeat because you’re not defeated. You're now more motivated to try harder, to work harder and to be better.

Life is not meant to be easy with no issues. If it was that easy, would it be as fun? Life is filled with not getting what you want and fighting for it until you get it. Fight for what you want, and fight to be who you want to be. The only person who can reject you is yourself. Accepting that you didn’t get in where or you didn’t get what you wanted will not get you where you want to be.