Risking Rejection is Worth It

There will be people in life who will reject you.⁠
You won't like it.⁠
You'll feel hurt or embarrassed or angry.⁠
It's ok.⁠
It's natural and healthy to feel this way.⁠
But it's worth it to risk the rejection anyway.⁠
Risking "not being liked" is necessary to have the life you'll want.⁠
It's necessary if you're going to meet new friends.⁠
It's necessary if you're going to write or draw or teach.⁠
It's necessary for true intimacy in any relationship.⁠
It's necessary if you're going to offer to help someone else.⁠
It's necessary if you're going to share your opinion, your work or yourself in some way.⁠
The alternative to risking rejection is to hide.⁠
To not offer yourself to others in the way you are wired to offer yourself.⁠
To not offer your help or work in the way you desire to.⁠
To never truly connect in your relationships.⁠
To not create to the level you are capable of creating.⁠
This will create a different kind of pain.⁠
A pain that is deeper and longer lasting.⁠
A loneliness.⁠
A stagnation.⁠
A pain that is more what I would call suffering.⁠
Let's not suffer.⁠
Let's just risk the rejection instead.

Taken from Jody Moore's Instagram. Her podcast is pretty good.