When I first started training in martial arts, I had an exaggerated fear of getting hit. When I was first learning to spar, all I could think was how much it would hurt if my opponent hit me. Needless to say, this fear made me awkward and impeded my ability to spar. It=s hard…
Tag: rejection
Ow: The pain of rejection
I got one of those lightning-fast rejections today that make you wince. Don’t get me wrong, I hate the black hole of pitching, where you send endless pleas for attention into an infinitely large universe and nothing comes back. So I appreciate something coming back. I just wish it wouldn’t come back so fast, so…