separated 6 weeks still on the journey

[labug]

Hi Paul, I brought this over from Melissa's thread:

Rejection is so much fun. And year after year of it does wonders for you self esteem. Agree?

I know you were being facetious but I think there's more there. It hit me as really sad.

Rejection isn't fun, it's very hurtful but my question is, if you were feeling it all those years, what did you do about it? If you've read many of my answers here, I'm usually encouraging people to take control of their lives, don't let others control you.

Self-esteem goes along with that. People can't give it to us or take it away, we have to be complicit in that, we give our power away. You've probably heard the expression "You can't be a doormat if you don't lay down."

You're only a victim if you want to be.

Do you believe that to be true?

I'm not trying to kick you while you're down and I don't even feel this is a 2x4. If you can give your power away you can also take it back.

How might you do that?