Hey, it's Kelly, and at the end of every week, I like to share something true and useful,

something I stumbled over that gave me a burst of optimism, something you can share with

friends like an audio greeting card, something to help us all keep our eyes on what's working

and what could be.

So, I'll be right back with this week's For The Good of the Order.

This is Kelly Corgan Wonders.

Today's For The Good of the Order is a story I've shared on the pod before, usually at this

time of year because I'm thinking about all those kids hearing back from all those colleges.

And I just don't know if I'll ever stop sharing it because I'm so sensitive to the fact that

every day, people of all ages are being rejected from something.

Some school they wanted to go to, sure, or a job promotion they were gunning for, or

a relationship they hoped would go the distance.

It happens over and over again, and the natural reaction is to think something bad is happening.

And I just know from talking to hundreds of people for this podcast, and hundreds of

friends over the years, that oftentimes those low moments, those wicked rejections turn

out to be the beginnings of something unimaginably awesome.

So I'll share this story one more time in the hopes that those days when you think something

has happened from which you will never recover.

You might remember Farmer Joe and his horse, and that rejections are off in the beginning

of a new story, and we just don't know it yet.

So there's a farmer, let's call him Joe.

Joe had a horse, let's call the horse Big Red.

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