You’re all dressed up with no-where to go.
So, now what?
You did everything right.
You worked hard. You showed them what you can do. You demonstrated your confidence and vision. You prepared the way you were supposed to. You even received timely reassurance from all the people in the know, that you’ve got this.
You dreamed about it. You kept your mouth shut about it. You patiently waited and waited.
Then you heard.
You’re not it.
You’ve been passed over.
You’re all dressed up with no-where to go.
So, now what?
Everything.
Stand still. Don’t second guess yourself. Don’t doubt. Don’t buckle. Don’t despair.
Realize, once and for all, that someone else’s decision doesn’t change who you are, or where you want to be. All it means is that you are not for them.
For better or for worse. Time will tell. But you are not for them.
They rejected what they believed you to be, but they don’t really know you. They couldn’t possibly understand who you really are. They cannot really see what your presence and energy would have brought into their life.
They will never know.
As much as it stings right now. As much as you’re disappointed. Take heart in the fact that this won’t last long.
They didn’t want to dance with you. True. But that’s because they didn’t know you. But if you are honest with yourself, you don’t really know them either. Just because they were there, seemingly available and you wanted a dance partner, doesn’t mean that you were right about them either.
You might have an unrealistic vision of them, just as they had a distorted vision of you.
So, I think you should go out and celebrate.
You’re all dressed up anyhow.
Not in a bitter, supersensitive, antisocial, passive-aggressive kind of way.
Go and celebrate the beginning of a new direction.
Remember that you are playing in an infinite universe, playing an infinite game, with an abundance of resources and possibilities.
This is not the end, it’s simply a pivot. A change of wind. A new weather pattern.
This is the moment that is trying to show you who you’re becoming and how much you’ve changed.
Life is not a test. It is not a series of right and wrong turns. Or a set of misguided or misdirected decisions.
The object of living isn’t to reach a particular end, with this or that under your arm, or with this or that crowning achievement. Living isn’t about being where you’re not wanted.
Life is not a test, and it’s not an intense game either.
Life is an infinite contest.
A game we play, so we can play again.
Take heart in who you are. Take heart in where you have been, who you’ve become, and who where you’re going.
Nothing has changed.
Just the direction.
So, take heart and continue to look forward.
Don’t look back.
Go out and find a new dance partner.
