I've been rejected. Twice.One tore our sacred union apart in the unholiest of ways, which led to a decade of unfathomable torment.The other saved me after I had escaped hell. He built me back up on the promises of love and a future only to walk away on the precipice of fulfilling our dreams. Both times I should have been broken beyond repair.And, for a brief moment, maybe I was.Thankfully, my third mate Titus, an unexpected gift in my darkest hour, has chosen to remain at my side.Now I'm back with a vengeance. Our current monarch is a twisted, tainted piece of scum that's been dragging the dragon-shifters legacy through the mud. I'll take the crown and fix what damage she's sowed. Along the way, I will create enemies and place a target on my back, but I'm ready for a fight. I'll show the world that Cleodora Eves is here to clean house. And my mates? If they thought their rejections stung me, they better move out the way because my rejection may just burn?
Who hasn’t felt the sting of rejection? It doesn’t take much for your feelings to get hurt—a look or a tone of voice or certain words can set you ruminating for hours on what that person meant. An unreturned phone call or a disappointing setback can really throw you off your center. It’s all too easy to take disappointment and rejection personally. You can learn to handle these feelings and create positive options for yourself. Don’t Take It Personally! explores all forms of rejection, where it comes from, and how to overcome the fear of it. Most of all, you’ll learn some terrific tools for stepping back from those overwhelming feelings. You’ll be able to allow space to make choices about how you respond. —Understand the effect that anxiety, frustration, hurt, and anger have on your interactions with others. —De-personalize your responses and establish safe personal boundaries that protect you from getting hurt. —Practice making choices about the thoughts you think and the ways you respond to stressful situations. —Understand and overcome fear of rejection in personal and work relationships. Elayne Savage explores with remarkable sensitivity the myriad of rejection experiences we experience with friends, co-workers, lovers, and family. Because her original ideas have inspired readers around the world, Don’t Take It Personally! has been published in six languages.
T. S. Eliot's Civilized Savage revisits this poet's drafts and canonical poetry in a sometimes dismissive critical arena . While contemporary readers emphasize Eliot's charged personal life, his anti-Semitism, his political conservatism, and his misogyny, Laurie MacDiarmid argues that although Eliot's poetics are shaped by private fears and fantasies, in many ways these are the ghosts of a culture that accepts and celebrates him. Comparing early versions with finished poems, this book explores the development and ramifications of Eliot's 'impersonal' poetic without losing sight of his influential, haunting work. Examining Eliot's neurotic relationship with women and his escape into women and his escape into spirituality, this book observes how Eliot conceived and eroticized poetry of worship and a poetic that dictated a sacrificial relationship to a savage God.
Is resentment eating away at your relationship? Are you tired of hurt feelings and misunderstandings? Would you like to rebuild connection and intimacy? Breathing Room provides practical tips to improve all relationships: —Balance your needs —Improve communication, teamwork, and trust —Bounce back from disappointments, hurt, and differences Breathing Room gives you the tools to take your relationship skills to a new level!
Poet John Berryman's foundational novel of addiction and recovery was writtenjust before his 1972 suicide and is a powerful portrayal of the protagonist'seternally indefinite attempts to free himself from the grip of addiction.
So many today are walking around embittered and battered by the painful experiences of the past without a way out. Many are trapped in their minds, locked in negative and inhibiting emotions because of the rejections of the past. How To Handle Rejection uses biblical and modern day examples to help you recognize and overcome rejection's many roots and guises. In this book, you will find out that the new birth, depending on the Holy Spirit, resisting unforgiveness, uncensored self-examination and making right choices are effective weapons in tackling rejection. You will also discover how to -value fellowship -value your identity and heritage in Christ -conquer an unhealthy need for acceptance -enjoy a full life - beyond the experiences of rejection. Pastor (Mrs) Bimbo Odukoya was the co-pastor of The Fountain of Life Church, situated in Lagos, Nigeria. The wife of Pastor Taiwo Odukoya, the founding and senior pastor of the church, their marriage is blessed with three wonderful children. She was the president of Single & Married ministry and host of the international weekly television programme Single & Married. Pastor Bimbo, as she was fondly called, was also the chairperson of Discovery for Women, a ministry dedicated to challenging, motivating and empowering women in their various roles as wives, mothers and leaders. Over five thousand women attended her quarterly Discovery for Women rallies. A highly-sought-after conference speaker both nationally and internationally, she ministered practically on every university and polytechnic campus in Nigeria before her call to glory. A prolific writer, author and columnist, she had regular columns in various national and international newspapers and magazines. She was also the author of the book How To Choose A Life Partner: 165 Questions To Ask. During her lifetime, Pastor Bimbo received more than sixty awards from both Christian and secular organizations as a testimony of her exemplary life and teachings.
Stephen Scully offers a reading of Hesiod's Theogony and an account of the poem's classical and post-classical reception up to Milton's Paradise Lost. He proposes that the poem be read as a hymn to Zeus and a city-state creation myth, and discusses Hesiod's artful narrative style in relation to Homer's.
The inspiring, relatable, and sometimes outrageous true story of how one man used 100 days of rejection therapy to overcome fear and dare to live more boldly “Rejection Proof smashes fear in the face with a one-two punch. You’ll laugh out loud at Jia’s crazy social experiments, but you’ll also go away thinking differently about what you can accomplish.”—Chris Guillebeau, New York Times bestselling author of The Happiness Pursuit Jia Jiang’s TEDx Talk, “What I learned from 100 days of rejection,” has amassed over ten million views! Jia Jiang came to the United States with the dream of being the next Bill Gates. But despite early success in the corporate world, his first attempt to pursue his entrepreneurial dream ended in rejection. Jia was crushed and spiraled into a period of deep self-doubt. Jia realized that his fear of rejection was a bigger obstacle than any single rejection would ever be; he needed to find a way to cope with being told “no” that wouldn’t destroy him. Inspired by rejection therapy, which uses similar modalities as exposure therapy to desensitize you to the effects of being rejected, he undertook the “100 days of rejection” experiment, during which he willfully sought out rejection on a daily basis—from requesting a lesson in sales from a car salesman (no) to asking a flight attendant if he could make an announcement on the loud speaker (yes) to his famous request to get Krispy Kreme donuts in the shape of Olympic rings (yes, with a viral video to prove it). Over the course of one hundred rejection attempts, Jia realized that even the most preposterous wish might be granted if you ask the right way. He learned the secrets to making successful requests, tactics for picking the right people to approach at the right time, and strategies for converting an initial no into something positive. More important, Jia discovered ways to steel himself against rejection and live more fearlessly—skills that can’t be derailed by a single setback. The changes Jia experienced from his rejection therapy experiment went far beyond becoming more successful in business; he realized that he could apply these techniques to get more out of his relationships with friends, family, and even casual encounters with strangers. Filled with great stories and valuable insight, Rejection Proof shares the secrets of Jia’s rejection journey, distilling each lesson into a strategy that can be used in any negotiation or pitch.
