Rejection

The Captive Man - Episode 7: Rejection from Christopher Kim on Vimeo.

Every job interview is a chance at a new life, a chance to feel worthy and wanted again.

It takes a lot of will to tell those many who refuse you that yes, you are good, yes, you are capable of great things. It takes a lot of will to do that when you pour your heart into resume after resume, interview after interview, only to get a curt, brief email reply that always begins with, "Thank you for your interest but."

When you're unemployed, rejection isn't a steady drop of water on a cave floor. It is a tidal wave, and you are you - a ragdoll in the face of overwhelming, malevolent force. To survive takes luck, grit, and a willful ignorance of the odds.

That, or a good dog.