Here it is...a quarter of the way through! Tallying the "Yes'es" and "No,s" I have received an overwhelming majority of "Yes" responses, only a couple of "No" responses, and a handful of responses that are too subjective to tell. My most prevalent lesson so far is that this project is affecting my life - I am noticing that I am being nicer in general - feeling called to be nicer at home after being nicer to strangers on the street. Day #25 - place inspirational messages inside library books: I tried this the other day and the library ended up being closed, so today I decided to go for it and I am glad I gave it another try. I placed inspirational notes in the teen section first, then the self help section, and found appropriate books for each of the sayings, "you are beautiful," "you are special," "you are worthy," and the longer version, "your worth cannot be measured by your waist size, the clothes you wear, or the car you drive." I was excited to put notes in books where I thought the reader may especially benefit from it, and I had fun seeing the latest teen books that are out there...which was a lesson in itself, as they were much more advanced than I remembered from my teenage years. Lesson # 25: I had to relearn the lesson that you can't judge a book by its cover, literally. Although I saw myself being drawn towards books that I thought were appropriate or gave a strong message or even to look for a section that applied, I instead trusted my intuition (*let God take the wheel*) and placed notes where I was being led to place them instead of relying on my own personal preferences and surrendered control. Day #26 - help girl scouts to sell cookies: I have seen girl scouts selling cookies at my local Dillon's for some time now, so I thought I would help to spread some sunshine by helping them to sell their cookies. I went to two different Dillon's grocery stores, and although the Starbuck's employee confirmed that there was a girl scouts sighting with a dad and daughter and a table, by the time I arrived they had left. So I did what any good rejection therapy scout does and instead sought rejection from him and his fellow employee...by offering each of them a drink. When they both declined, I ended up buying a drink for the woman behind me, and I called it a night. Lesson #26: If I really want to conquer "rejecting rejection," then I need to dive right in (always less appealing, but better in the long run, than sticking your pinky toe in first) instead of doing what I do best, which is making friends with the people with whom I am interacting and softening the blow of asking for something later. Although it appears that easier could be better if my goal is "rejecting rejection," my goal is also and more importantly getting stronger at accepting rejection, and this requires a deep dive. Day # 27 - bake with Brittney at Park Grounds Coffee: I have always wanted to spend a day, or even an afternoon, baking gluten free goodies at this yummy cafe with a relaxed atmosphere, so I sent Brittney an email asking her if I could come bake with her as part of my rejection therapy project (she already knew about it because of the free advice project I did at her cafe, so there was no hiding it from her :)). Lesson #27: Although I didn't do much more than cube butter and line muffin cups, besides learning how to make goodies the homemade way from scratch, I also learned more about the inner workings of a cafe and the inner workings of an amazing baker and one cool chic...Brittney is exactly who she says she is, and it was fun to hang out and exchange jokes with her sense of humor and intelligence coming through in her wit and her interactions with all who stopped by.
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AuthorValerie Ellis, who is in alignment with the Black Lives Matter Movement and everyone whose life is impacted, now or before, by times of social injustice. Archives
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