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Rejection

March 6, 2018
By Anonymous

You may think you do not know who Rejection is, but you do. Go all the way to the back of your mind.

Rejection is the person who sits all alone during lunch. Rejection is the one who cannot socialize. Your friends and you walk past Rejection and laugh and point fingers at him, like he is a freak. Why do you laugh at Rejection? Is it because, Rejection does not have the newest clothes or is it because he is different. Well you make Rejection feel horrible about himself. He wants to become someone else, because he wants to feel like he belongs for once. 


You send Rejection home crying to his Mother saying , “Why doesn’t anyone like me? Why am I not consider normal?” His Mother replies with, “You are weird, but that is what makes you beautiful.”  Hoping that it will help the problem. Well it does not fix the issue at all. Solving the issue lays in you.


Rejection wakes up the next morning, dreading the idea of school, because the same thing will happen to him. The same exact thing does happen, you and your friends walk past Rejection and laugh at him and point fingers. Why not stop and turn around and ask Rejection to join you? Is it the fear of being different or that you yourself might become Rejection. Rejection walks the hallways alone having object thrown at him. Why do you not speak up and tell people to stop throwing things at Rejection? Is it because everyone will laugh at you and stop being your friend. Well if your friends do that to you then their not your friends they are bullies. You can do better than them. Or is it because you think Rejection can handle it by himself, well he cannot. Rejection can barely deal with being laugh at. What makes you think Rejection can deal with object being thrown at them?


Just say hello you may think it will not make a difference well it does. One hello can make a change in Rejection’s life. Rejection would finally feel as if he belongs because someone was nice to him. That day he will go to his Mother and tell her, “ Someone was finally nice to me and my world just might spin around.” His Mother would reply with, “That’s lovely.” Rejection Mother can feel little safer for that one day until tomorrow.
Rejection wakes up for school. Still dreading going to school but hopes that you will be nice to him. During lunch you and your friends walk past Rejection. When your friends are about to laugh at Rejection you tell them to stop. Turn around and say hello to Rejection. Your friends may be looking at you like you are insane or say something rude to you. However, you know you did the right thing and that it is worth it. Rejection is in shock because you stood up for him and said hello. He goes home and tells his Mother. His Mother replies with, “I told you someone would be nice to you.” Rejection goes to sleep a little easier that night. Not staying up and worrying about what tomorrow might behold.


Rejection wakes up not totally dreading school. During lunch, you suggest to your friends maybe we should go sit with Rejection. They just laugh and stare at you like you are crazy. You finally snap and say, “You guys are the reason why Rejection sits alone, because his confidence level drops, every time you laugh at him. He thinks to himself what’s the point of even going to school,  just so I can get laughed at. Rejection would rather skip school and fail classes, then have to come here and deal with you. Why do you even do this? Is it because Rejection is different from you. I bet it’s because you fear that he is better than you are. The only way to make yourself feel better is to bully Rejection. Well it makes you look horrible and to be honest I had enough of it. Yes, Rejection is weird but that is what makes him awesome.”


The group of people may be looking at you in disbelief. You just walk away in happiness because you knew you did the right thing. As you walk up to Rejection, Rejection sees you coming and thinks oh great. Because, of what you have done to him in the past. You are now standing right next to Rejection. Rejection mind goes to what will she going to do to me what does she want from me? You say, “Hello, how are you? Sorry for what I have said to you in the past. I do not know what came over me.” Even though Rejection is in shock he continues the conversation.


He walks home standing taller and tells his Mother, “I made a new friend today.” Rejection’s Mother is in awe knowing that Rejection’s life might have just gotten better. Rejection goes to sleep with no problems and wakes up absolutely happy to go to school.


You eat lunch with Rejection even though the masses of people are looking at you weirdly. You do not care because you are finally happy for once. You gotten over what people may think of you. You yourself have finally come over the gigantic issue known as peer-pressure. Also Rejection, finally feels like he belongs somewhere. That is all Rejection ever wanted to feel. You let Rejection feel that way all because you included him. That is the story of Rejection and how he finally felt like he belong, because of you.



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