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By Joanne Cordaro
05/06/10
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With a heavy sigh, the big man slumped into his chair. He held in his hand yet another rejection. He would never get used to this. He would never understand why people would reject his work. Of course, not everyone rejected his work, but every rejection stung.

He re-read the newest rejection. He was hurt to his very core. With difficulty, he conceded that no matter how deeply one was committed, one could not control another’s opinion.

He leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes. Thoughts of his beautifully crafted manuscript wafted through his mind. He had written his work in two distinct parts or subplots. The two subplots that made up the book could be interpreted, today, as “before” and “after” or as the “old” and “new”.

The “old” part included fear, flood and famine. The “new” part centered around one man’s journey from the womb to the tomb, from humble to heroic.

As he shed tears over this latest rejection, the writer moaned, “I wrote the child’s arrival into the world as a symbol of all the marginalized people of the world! Did they see that? As time and pages passed, the main character developed into a compassionate and wise man. He faced trials, but he prevailed! He was created to give encouragement to all people!”

The writer had written succinctly, yet passionately, about the main character’s innate ability to meet the needs of the people he so loved. The character’s manner was unassuming. The stories on the pages portrayed him as a captivating speaker. He engendered trust and delivered hope wherever he went. He told stories. He healed people.

The book’s main character told his friends how much he loved “his” people. That man made the ultimate sacrifice for the ones he loved. And, at just the pivotal moment, the author revealed that all people are “his” people.

The great man sighed deeply again. Head in his hands, his sadness overwhelmed him again. Even after all these years, every rejection still caused him agony. He was the author of the greatest love story ever told, but to lose even one heart crushed him.

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