The Author of this book share her personal experiences of being rejected. She talks about the roots of feeling rejected and the ability to poison relationships from the inside out. She talks about insecurities, loneliness, and how we are handpicked by God. The most interesting part I find in this book is the way she ties everything to the bible and how she speaks to you like your her best friends. You just get to listen to what she says and relate to all of it. She goes over the ten things you must remember when rejected my favorite is to to let God use it to make you stronger and take you further. It's a part of life and God will help you step by step. “If you want to know what’s really inside a person, listen carefully to the words
I believe the most important concept that I gained from reading the book was to remain faithful, in good times and in bad. Walking blindly can be very terrifying, but God always has a plan for each and every one of us. At times, the plan remains unseen, and that should not deter or slow me on the path that my heart is yearning
I can relate this book to my life in many ways; it was easier for me to relate to this book because were both 18 year old girls who want to live life the right way. Also I don’t want to live life trying to be like everyone else, so this was really encouraging to me. A part that helped me was the part about confidence and how important that is. Its important to have confidence in your faith because say you get in a situation you can protect your faith and stand up for what you believe. Another part that I can really apply to my life was how when people were talking about her she didn’t even beg to know. Personally whenever I hear that someone was talking about me, I really want to know what they said! This helped me to learn that why fill my brain with negativity sinful gossip, because that’s not what Jesus would do.
“I have lived every day of my life asking myself ‘is what I’m doing reflective of who I am? Or who I want to be?’ If not...”
“ The self's struggle for authenticity and definition will never end unless it's connected to its creator -- to you and to me. And that can happen with awareness -- awareness of the reality of oneness and the projection of self-hood. For a start, we can think about all the times when we do lose ourselves.”
"It doesn't matter what you do he said, as long as you change something from the way it was before you touched it into something that's like you when you take your hands away." This quote is trying to say that your interactions with anything should be done in a way that you leave a piece of you behind; like when writing a paper it should express you and your personality through it.Granger, leader of the book people, says this to Guy Montag in an attempt to help him once he began to mourn for Milly.
Today, I am 21years old and I can say without any second thoughts, I don’t need to read a Self-Help category book elaborating on how he is not that into me. In fact, I don’t even need to seek advice from my friends on this topic because when somebody doesn’t like me, I just know.
"Man is least himself when he talks with his own person. But if you give him a mask, he will tell you the truth."
“But the point is, if you’re looking for a particular thing, you just have to keep looking for it. You have to look hard."
While reading the book “Why We Broke Up” I had several queries and reviews on the text. My first question is both a question and an evaluation. Min (The main character) is breaking up with Ed (Min’s ex-girlfriend) for numerous reasons and that’s the whole storyline she’s writing letters about why they broke up which makes sense since the title is “Why We Broke Up.” The authors choice of title complements the plot of the story. I personally love the title I think it goes very well with the books story. It kind of makes you realize that Min and Ed are not going to get back together which makes you a little sad because they seem like such a cute couple at the beginning of the book. But my question is why is Min writing her ex-boyfriend letters. I mean the relationship is over why not just ditch him and forget (remember this is a question I had while reading).
“Men judge generally more by the eye than by the hand, for everyone can see and few can feel. Everyone sees what you appear to be, few really know what you are.”
When these types of people fear rejection, they tend try to and avoid these situations as much as possible to decrease painful interpersonal and social interactions. (Kirmayer, 1991)
"What matters to me is the person understands, or has tried to understand me, tried to do something that is relevant to me and our relationship."
I must admit, when I first began this course, I had no real expectations other than to learn more about God’s word and how to apply it in a counseling setting. To my surprise, I have learned so much more, things that have challenged and forced me to take a deeper look at self. Coming to grips with the need to put aside man’s ideas for God’s truth has truly been an eye opening experience.
Someone once told me that life is not always fair; that some days are better than others are. Men do not care for this rule and we want everyday to be great, perfect and full of joy; but deep down we know it cannot be. We refuse to accept the unfairness of life though; we resist in our own unique ways to every bad thing that happens in our lives. We have been known to resist violently, lashing out at others in rage; and we have been known to bear the pain ourselves without rage and violence. Either way we find a way to deal, but dealing is not our game in life; we would rather solve the problem than to risk defeat. However, there are times and situations that cannot be solved; that judgment and result are given in one sweeping blow that can knock the wind out of our self-esteem or knock us out completely. These types of problems cannot be avoided if a male wants to have a normal and productive life. It is a matter of our approach and our dealing with the result that will give us a learning tool for future problems. The problem I want to ad-dress is dealing with rejection by a woman in two different stages: pre-relationship and during the relation-ship.
When the rejected teenager reaches the limit of patience and tolerance, he or she lashes out -- rejecting the family, the school, the church, the s...