Man up, stand tall

"The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone" - Psalm 118:22

"Success is buried at the other side of rejection" - Tony Robbins

Don't sweat it when you are rejected, everything that is worth its salt will be tested. The key is perseverance. Jesus was rejected by the Jews and early Christians were described as belonging to the sect (a school of thought considered heretical), today 2.1 billion people profess Christianity,  that is a third of the world population.

Henry Ford had up to five unsuccessful attempts to establish an automobile company that left him broke. His vision outlasted his rejection and even after his death Ford is a worldwide recognised brand

Walt Disney was fired by a newspaper editor for lacking imagination. Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basket team. J K Rowling (Author of the Harry Porter series) submitted her work to 12 publishing houses and was rejected by them all. Elvis Presley was fired after a single performance and told "you ain't going nowhere son, you ought to go back to driving a truck.

Mark Zuckerberg (creator of facebook) while at Harvard had to shut his website down after running for only 2 days amidst complaints of unauthorised use of other students pictures. He had to apologise and describe the site as improper.

Nelson Mandela was once described as a terrorist by Margaret Thatcher, but today is hailed as a hero. You don't have to be conform to peoples opinion, hold onto your vision

Life is not a 100 metre dash, but a marathon,  run your race with perseverance, make mistakes and learn from them, if you fall the marathon is still on, rise up and continue the race.

Your vision, your goal, your desire is greater than rejection. when you allow rejection to alter your vision (your goal, your destiny) you lose focus. I recently overheard how an elderly couple after retiring from the jobs continued being active by getting involved community based activities (helping at church, hospices etc),  while their contemporaries were dying off as they lost focus without there jobs.

Truly, where the is no vision, the people perish, don't lose heart, don't faint, Your victory is but a stones throw away.

BE THAT CHAMPION !!!