A few days back, I was sitting in the waiting room of SSB Allahabad with many other candidates waiting for the results after Conference was over with mixed feelings of hope and pessimism.
Pessimism won! Needless to say, this was one of the worst rejection of my life. I felt like some dreams never comes true. I was again down-sliding into pessimism. But then I asked myself, will this rejection always be the worst rejection of my life. NO. There will be even tougher situations and bigger rejections. Instead of lamenting over this rejection, I should prepare to face the future.
I realized that more than rejection, the question, “What others will think of my failure?” haunts us. But believe me, if they judge you on the basis of your achievements, they are not worth it.
I called my mother and told her, “Once again conferenced out”. She said, “Koi baat nahi beta” in a normal tone.
Early success is always sweet. But not everyone can deal with the series of failures. 
If I take the number then from last 5 years my life and 7 attempts to SSB I have failed to get recommended but still, those failures are unable to let my enthusiasm down. I can deal with failures. I am great with perseverance and I am sad about my failures but I am learning like hell and I am moving. I have lost many good contacts and I am alone just because of those dreams… I am obsessed. I am emotional. I am stupid but apart from all this, I am moving with great ambitions. I see my failures as a story that I would reveal someday to people so that they too can digest and move like a champion.
I started dealing better with rejection when I realized that the number of successes you have is directly proportional to the number of failures/rejections. In other words, if you’re not being rejected enough, then you’re not trying hard enough – and are destined to lead a boring, “in-your-comfort-zone-only” life, without any major achievements.
One needs to realize that there is so much that life has to offer. Failures and rejections are bound to happen.
It’s like this saying “Shit happens, but it’s up to you to use it as a Nostril Burner or a Fertilizer.”
Rejection is a part of life. It’s not fatal and it’s not final. Every success story has a lots of rejection in them and I hope one day, I will mention this rejection in my success story 🙂
