There’s immense power in organising – in being the connector, the event creator or the instigator.
And conversely, there’s a downside in being the canceller.
Almost regardless of the reason, if we cancel (either the total event, or our participation in the event), we do a few things:
- We send a signal to yourself, and to others. The signal of I’m unsure, I got lost in time and space, or I don’t want to prioritise the thing that I originally created or agreed to.
- We flatten the energy – urgency and anticipation is taken out of the system for ourself and others, and the cancel is the root cause.
- We lose power and trust in our next decision.
In a time when a lot of people’s plans are being wildly swung by mainstream media, it can be tempting at times to cancel everything.
But when we hold strong, find workarounds, create solutions, remain an organiser, and push on, even though things get tough, we send a signal to ourselves (and the future generation) of resilience and agency.
It’s rare that a habit of cancelling will move you forward.
