One of my biggest rejections is one I will never forget. It was 7 years ago when I was 14 years old. I got scouted out by the cast of The Voice and was invited to go to Nashville to have a private audition. Since it was a private audition, the one before you audition on the show, my judges were people who I had watched on The Voice from past seasons. I was nervous but so excited to be singing for them. I sang my song and thought that I did amazing even though I was slightly nervous.
When I finished my audition, the judges noted that due to my age, I may not have fully grasped the depth of emotion in the song, as older individuals with more life experience might have. I was singing love songs with no passion at 14 years old. They told me to come back later in life and try again. I said, “Okay, thank you” with a faint smile on my face, and walked out of the audition room.
When I stepped out of the room, I started crying immediately. I did not want to cry in front of the judges so I held it in until I left. As I was leaving the building, Jennifer Hudson’s bodyguard was standing there and he saw my tears gave me tissues, and told me to never give up. Then he proceeded to tell me that Jennifer Hudson got rejected several times yet never gave up. Getting rejected makes it feel like everything you have ever worked for means absolutely nothing. It is usually a build-up of something expected or practiced. However, I had to learn from that rejection. You and I, friend, are not the only people to have ever been rejected.
Michael Jordan got rejected from his varsity high school basketball team. J.K Rowling, the author of Harry Potter was rejected by 12 publishers, and Steve Jobs, the creator of Apple, got fired from his computer job. Walt Disney, the creator of Disney was rejected due to “lack of imagination”. This is just a small list of many successful people who faced rejection. I am sure every well-known person has been rejected for something they loved. The reason that all of these people are so well-known today is because they learned how to not let rejection get them down and instead to keep fighting until they saw their dream come to life.
Imagine if all of these people gave up. The world would be so much different knowing that all of those people have such a huge impact on the lives of many people.
We will never know how far our dreams can take us until we try.
Recently, I have been dealing with the rejection of landing an internship. My friends have been dealing with the rejection of landing a job. We all have experience and make good grades, however, that does not mean that everyone is going to give us a yes. There will always be competition. Yet, that does not mean that we just give up and never apply for jobs or internships again.
I have been in a stage recently where I am willing to push so hard for my dreams. I am willing to give it my all. For singing, I still sing. I actually sing at a church that I had watched online for years without ever knowing or thinking that I would ever be the one standing in front of thousands singing and leading worship. With this blog, I just got my trademark yesterday and now I get to push push push until I can grow more. With jobs, I have gotten in contact with people who took a chance on me just because of my boldness. I never want to live in a “what-if?” I just want to go for it. If you ever get rejected, at least you tried. You did not let fear hold you back and you tried. Therefore, keep going, and keep pushing. The only thing that could be holding you back from your dreams is the fear of getting rejected again. That could be the only thing.
Either way, if you are reading this, I am proud of you. You were meant to read this. Keep going and never give up.
Adulting has been quite humbling for me. One thing that I have learned throughout my entire life but am having to remind myself of recently is that rejection is okay. It happens. Whether you get rejected from a dream school, a tryout, an audition, a job, or anything else, it happens. It does not feel good at all but being rejected gives us time to learn and grow and discover new sides of ourselves even if it takes time.
One of my biggest rejections is one I will never forget. It was 7 years ago when I was 14 years old. I got scouted out by the cast of The Voice and was invited to go to Nashville to have a private audition. Since it was a private audition, the one before you audition on the show, my judges were people who I had watched on The Voice from past seasons. I was nervous but so excited to be singing for them. I sang my song and thought that I did amazing even though I was slightly nervous.
When I finished my audition, the judges noted that due to my age, I may not have fully grasped the depth of emotion in the song, as older individuals with more life experience might have. I was singing love songs with no passion at 14 years old. They told me to come back later in life and try again. I said, “Okay, thank you” with a faint smile on my face, and walked out of the audition room.
When I stepped out of the room, I started crying immediately. I did not want to cry in front of the judges so I held it in until I left. As I was leaving the building, Jennifer Hudson’s bodyguard was standing there and he saw my tears gave me tissues, and told me to never give up. Then he proceeded to tell me that Jennifer Hudson got rejected several times yet never gave up. Getting rejected makes it feel like everything you have ever worked for means absolutely nothing. It is usually a build-up of something expected or practiced. However, I had to learn from that rejection. You and I, friend, are not the only people to have ever been rejected.
Michael Jordan got rejected from his varsity high school basketball team. J.K Rowling, the author of Harry Potter was rejected by 12 publishers, and Steve Jobs, the creator of Apple, got fired from his computer job. Walt Disney, the creator of Disney was rejected due to “lack of imagination”. This is just a small list of many successful people who faced rejection. I am sure every well-known person has been rejected for something they loved. The reason that all of these people are so well-known today is because they learned how to not let rejection get them down and instead to keep fighting until they saw their dream come to life.
Imagine if all of these people gave up. The world would be so much different knowing that all of those people have such a huge impact on the lives of many people.
We will never know how far our dreams can take us until we try.
Recently, I have been dealing with the rejection of landing an internship. My friends have been dealing with the rejection of landing a job. We all have experience and make good grades, however, that does not mean that everyone is going to give us a yes. There will always be competition. Yet, that does not mean that we just give up and never apply for jobs or internships again.
I have been in a stage recently where I am willing to push so hard for my dreams. I am willing to give it my all. For singing, I still sing. I actually sing at a church that I had watched online for years without ever knowing or thinking that I would ever be the one standing in front of thousands singing and leading worship. With this blog, I just got my trademark yesterday and now I get to push push push until I can grow more. With jobs, I have gotten in contact with people who took a chance on me just because of my boldness. I never want to live in a “what-if?” I just want to go for it. If you ever get rejected, at least you tried. You did not let fear hold you back and you tried. Therefore, keep going, and keep pushing. The only thing that could be holding you back from your dreams is the fear of getting rejected again. That could be the only thing.
Either way, if you are reading this, I am proud of you. You were meant to read this. Keep going and never give up.
