my painting got rejected

so i submitted my latest piece to this art show last month and honestly wasnt expecting much cuz ive never been super confident about it. but then a few days later, i get an email saying they want me to go through for judging and i literally screamed out of happiness, ran around the house in circles. the day of judging came and im so nervous standing there with everyone else, like what if my painting is trash compared to all these other amazing artists? the judges take forever coming back and when they do, its just the bigwigs from the show telling us the good news or bad news about our pieces getting in or not. i hold my breath as each artist gets a decision and then finally its me and the guy says 'we appreciate your work but we have to go with other pieces this time' and i want to cry, like how could they not see it? im still so upset over it days later and keep second guessing myself even though everyone else told me my art was great. cant believe i worked on that painting for months and spent all that money on materials too just to have the judges toss it aside like a piece of paper.