I Am Afraid of Rejection

I wish I wasn’t because it prevents me from being myself. I have come across many situations where I want to help others but the fear of being rejected or even talking to them has stopped me. I remember one time an old lady looked cold sorting on a bench outside. My natural instinct was to want to give her my jacket off my back but I was too scared to. Another time I was in the check out lane of a store and the cashier was crying. I wanted to ask her if shes ok and let her know I didn’t know what was wrong but I prayed for her but I was afraid she’d tell me to mind my business or something. I want so much to be the person God made me because I think I’m different in that way. I know fear comes from the devil and I know I have to overcome the fear and discourage he is causing me to feel. I will get there one day.

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Mamapolo2016 · F

Something I finally learned not many years ago - for me, that fear wasn't fear of rejection, but vanity.

I didn't want to look stupid.

What caused me to realize that was when my husband of less than a year had what we thought was the flu but turned out to be a malignant brain tumor. I handled it - until I went to Walmart to get some things for him and suddenly I was overwhelmed. Tears poured down my face while I chose underwear and robe and books for him...

I wept all the way through Walmart and not one single soul - and it was busy - took the time or the courage to say, "Are you okay?" They couldn't have helped, probably, but I was stunned that of - what - 150 people? - not ONE cared enough to ask.

I determined then that I WOULD ask when I thought I saw need and if they told me to get lost, well, I'd get lost.