amputating rejection

i'm in the process of re-reading east of eden by john steinbeck...

" 'The greatest terror a child can have is that he is not loved, and rejection is the hell he fears. I think everyone in the world to a large or small extent has felt rejection. And with rejection comes anger, and with anger some kind of crime in revenge for the rejection, and the crime guilt -- and there is the story of mankind. I think that if rejection could be amputated, the human would not be what he is,. Maybe there would be fewer crazy people. I am sure in myself there would be many jails. It's all there -- the start, the beginning.' "

It's amazing the power we have over people, and we don't even realize it.
Rejecting someone, making them feel as if they are not worthy and valued as a person, even with just a glance or a word, can have ramifications you cannot imagine. And an act of love can have equal consequences in the opposite direction...

The same within our own souls. Far too often we let the rejection of others cloud how view ourselves and the world around us.

... is it possible to amputate rejection, or at least the hold it has on us, from our lives?

i think it is.