Next week is the yearly main fundraiser where I work. It's a yearly event that's been going on for a couple of years. At the beginning of the month the group in charge of planning met again to go over details. Plans were made, volunteers gathers and things were agreed upon. This past Sunday, 2 people (1 who was at this meeting and 1 who wasn't) decided to undo everything that was agreed upon. When I remind these folks that things were already decided upon by a group and people had a plan, they pretty much decided that they didn't care and were going ahead with their plans. This has become a fundraiser that has cost more than it's brought in because of these types of issues. They run off people, they're not welcoming and they can't make a commitment to follow a plan and micro-manage everything.
I just have to believe that things don't need to be this complicated. I believe so often folks feel the need to try to gain some sense of control and power, that they shoot themselves in the foot. These are the folks that claim they're tired of doing everything yet won't give up their sense of power and control so they can take a break. They run off any one who would be willing to help by pushing them out of the way.
I see this happening in so many places, not just where I work. Society is so stuck in efforts to try to keep things the same when they're clearly changing and/or need to be changed that they are killing themselves, yet they can't see. Some times things don't need to be so complicated as people make it out to be. It's often hard to see if when you're so immersed in it. Things don't have to die off if sometimes we open them and ourselves up to the possibilities of new insight and ways of being.
I just have to believe that things don't need to be this complicated. I believe so often folks feel the need to try to gain some sense of control and power, that they shoot themselves in the foot. These are the folks that claim they're tired of doing everything yet won't give up their sense of power and control so they can take a break. They run off any one who would be willing to help by pushing them out of the way.
I see this happening in so many places, not just where I work. Society is so stuck in efforts to try to keep things the same when they're clearly changing and/or need to be changed that they are killing themselves, yet they can't see. Some times things don't need to be so complicated as people make it out to be. It's often hard to see if when you're so immersed in it. Things don't have to die off if sometimes we open them and ourselves up to the possibilities of new insight and ways of being.
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