Rejection: Part Two. When support turns to silence.

How do you deal with the ones who said, “I got you,” but dropped you?The ones who clapped loud when you were winning, but went quiet when your world started spinning? The ones who said, “I’ll always be there,” but couldn’t handle being there when “there” got messy?

Let me tell you how. You deal with them by letting go. Not in bitterness. Not in anger. But in peace.

Because their rejection wasn’t a loss. It was a reveal. It showed you who was real and who was rehearsing. It taught you that loyalty sounds loud until it’s time to prove it.

And when it hurts, cry. Let it out. Don’t let anyone tell you strong people don’t cry. Even Jesus wept. Tears aren’t weakness. They’re proof you still feel, even after people stopped feeling for you.

See, rejection isn’t always punishment. Sometimes it’s protection. Sometimes it’s God saying,

“That circle was too small for your calling.”

When the support turns to lies, when love turns to silence, don’t chase the ones who left. They didn’t break you; they exposed what you outgrew.

Every time someone walked away, you learned to stand taller. Every door that slammed in your face became an echo chamber for your next idea. Every “no” just sharpened your focus for the “yes” that’s still coming.

So, when they talk, let them talk. When they watch, let them watch. You don’t need to prove a thing. Just keep walking, keep healing, keep becoming.

Forgive them. Not because they deserve it, but because you deserve to be free. Free from the weight of wondering why. Free from trying to fix people who preferred you broken.

And when your heart whispers, “They hurt me, answer back,"

“But they didn’t end me.”

You’re still here. Still rising. Still writing new chapters in ink made from your own tears.

So let rejection do what it does, refine you. Let it shape you into something unstoppable.

Because one day, those same voices that doubted you will have to sit in the audience while you perform your truth, and when that moment comes, you won’t even feel anger. You’ll feel gratitude.

Because they taught you the greatest lesson of all:

You don’t need their applause when you were built for purpose.

Walk tall. Heal loudly. Love deeply, and never forget, what left your life was never meant to stay. Esyntrek