To Those Who Said NO

"When one door closes, another door opens but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the ones which open for us." --Alexander Graham Bell Alexander Graham Bell may have experienced so many losses and failures for him to be able to come up with the quote above. But he's right. Oftentimes, when a wonderful opportunity passes by, we contemplate so much on why we didn't get that opportunity. We get upset if we don't get what we want even if we've worked so hard to achieve it. We get brokenhearted when the person we love don't love us back. We complain when the food on our table is the same as what we had the other day. We feel frustrated when we don't get the promotion wethink we deserve to have. We feel sad when we don't get to buy the clothes we want or when we don't get to travel to places we've been dreaming to travel to. We tend to focus more on our failures than the victories that we gain out of those losses. Have you ever thought of the things you've gained when you've lost something? Have you ever thanked someone for saying NO to you? Has it ever occured to you that there's a better purpose behind that NO? Probably not. Or perhaps, it took so long for you to realize that all the NOs you've had are certainly a million YES's for something better. They say that in order for you to gain something better, you must let go of something good. Easier said than done. Quite hard to understand most of the time. Why would you want to lose something you've worked hard for over something that's uncertain? That's the magic of FAITH. You gotta believe that every NO is a YES to something better. Had I never got that NO from the advertising company that I've applied for several years ago, I wouldn't be able to explore opportunities in the BPO industry. I wouldn't be able to disprove my misconception about BPOs. I wouldn't be able to witness how noble and hardworking those people who choose to build their career in this industry. Had I stayed in my comfort zone, I wouldn't know that there are better horizons outside that place. Had I got that promotion 2 years ago, I wouldn't be able to discover that I excel at something else and wouldn't be able to appreciate the beauty of waiting for something worth it. Had I never got my heart broken, I wouldn't discover that other people are willing to love me bigger and better than I could love myself. Had I never got those NOs and rejections in life, I wouldn't be able to humble myself and learn that life isn't always about winning all your battles. It's about learning to pick yourself up when you stumble and find ways to use those NOs in finding YES's in every aspect of your life. It's about looking at things on a brighter side. You have two choices-- either you sulk at every NO you get or find the good in every NO. I'm grateful for those who said NO to me. Because of them, I found the courage to discover other ways to say YES to better things in life.