We live in a cancel culture. ❌❌❌
I’m not sure where it came from or how it started but it’s really become a thing.☹️
Ghosting 👻, disregarding ✋🤚, and severing ✂️ relationships have become normalized, acceptable coping mechanism for resolving conflict and differences.
It’s become ok to dismiss someone without communication or clarity.
If someone makes a wrong move (even a perceived wrong move) it’s become a norm to write them off ✍️… cancel them ❌ as though they didn’t exist and never really mattered.
Why is this a thing❗❓
Misunderstandings and miscommunication are normal.
Someone does or doesn’t do something and it doesn’t sit well.
People are forgetful, distracted, not being deliberate or intentional…
We make assumptions… Assign motives… Jump to conclusions.. 🤾♂️
We take things personally…🤕😖
React and take offense…🤯😤😰
We text or email important “conversations”… 🤳🏻📱⌨️🖥️
We’ve all been there.
But we can’t really wonder where things go so wrong. 🤔🤷🏻♂️
Rather than clarifying or having a discussion, we stew and brew.
We fuel resentment and hurt feelings with the inner narrative.
We take offense to things.
🔥 When you choose to take offense, there’s a choice in that. Perhaps you could look at it differently or decide what’s worth giving energy to and what isn’t. 🔥
We’re stubborn and think we’re always right, that our perspective is the only perspective.
We want people to honor us with patience, grace, forgiveness, and understanding. 💖👨❤️💋👨
Yet, we’re impatient and intolerant with others. 🤬🖕
We don’t take the time to clarify or try to gain understanding.
I’m seeing this more and more and I’ve recently experienced it personally and professionally. 😢 💔
We’ve lost (or maybe never really had) effective communication skills.
Enough of this already 🛑 🥺
We can do better❣️
Communication is vital to our well-being and the health of our relationships. 🏥🫀
People can’t read your mind or know how you’ve interpreted something.
You’re not always right and people aren’t typically out to get you. (If they are, we need to have a different conversation!)
Words matter. 🗣️💬
Relationships matter 💏 and when things go wrong🙅♀️🤦♀️, it’s critical to at least try to gain clarity and understanding. ❤️🩹
Yes, it may be uncomfortable and scary.
But so are a lot of things in life, including living life alone and in the wreckage of assumptions and burned bridges.🌉🔥
Communication – the willingness to speak up and also listen, is vital and so few people know how to do effectively.
