Sometimes the thing we want to work out, doesn’t. And as disappointing or even devastating as that can be, it can also mean you’re being protected from something that isn’t for you. A job, a house, a relationship, anything that isn’t aligned might reject you. Take this as an invitation to redirect. Where can your energy be better spent?

Is there something in your current relationship that, deep down, you KNOW is a deal breaker for you? Or in your friendships? Family? If parts of you are rejected, I promise you there are people out there that will show up when you choose yourself, completely. When you stop rejecting parts of yourself you will stop choosing people who don’t or can’t fully accept you.

You might just be doing them a favor too. Likely, there are parts of them that you reject as well.

Is there something in your current career path that isn’t lining up? Trying to hunt for jobs but nothing is panning out? Trying to stick it out at your current job but feeling like you’re suffocating or like you might collapse at any moment if you have to go back there tomorrow? Redirect.

Something not working with the location you live? The town, city, state, country, house, street? Whatever it is, you know it’s not working for you anymore. You feel the pull. The call for something new. Something that feels more like this version of you.

What do you want for yourself and in what ways are you not advocating for yourself in these spaces? What ways are you allowing things to happen that you said you wouldn’t anymore? What ways are you saying yes when you want or need to say no? And vice versa?

How can you change this rejection into an opportunity to go after what you really want in life? How can you make ONE choice to help you redirect? One choice today, in this moment. What are you no longer tolerating or accepting in your reality? YOU are in charge!

Think back to past times when you felt rejected by a life circumstance. How did you feel? What happened in it’s place? Can you see how it was actually better for you? Even if it didn’t seem like that in the moment. How it lead you to something else. A lesson. A blessing. A deeper look into yourself.

Maybe the thing that needs to change is something you do in your day-to-day. How do you spend your morning? Do you eat the foods you like? At least sometimes? Do you need better personal hygiene? More time to connect with your spiritual side? More conversations that fill you up? Less time scrolling and more time creating?

What healthier habits can you start one choice at a time so you can make the larger decisions that need to be made to get you where you desire to go? Give yourself permission to make the changes you need to make, don’t wait for it to come from someone else.

Take the rejection as a sign that something there would have kept you from moving closer to your goals. A distraction, an energy vampire, a toxic relationship or environment. Redirect your energy, your thoughts, your choices, your actions.

Align.

With love for anyone who is experiencing rejection of any kind,

Sarah ~ The Wandering Storyteller

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