Really, really need some enthusiasm boosting - my confidence has been knocked

[FlamingoBingo]

I have a few friends coming to my Bridge event on Tuesday. I had thought they were coming for the same reasons I'm organising it. A friend this morning just said to me 'not sure quite why I'm coming, really. Just to support you, I guess, not because I think it'll make any difference'. So now I'm thinking (I am in a PMT fug, btw, so aware I'm prob being melodramatic) what's the fucking point? If I stand up to talk and am aware that potentially most of the people there are thinking 'aw, look at Flamingo, trying in a rather pathetic way to make a difference...isn't she sweet, even if she's a bit deluded', then what is the point?

Feeling very and very right at this moement.

Someone tell me what the point is? Will raising awareness and cash make a difference? How can I persuade myself I'm not making a complete arse of myself? How can I persuade any 'kind but cynical' supporters that there is a point in marching/protesting?

Please help! On the verge of cancelling the whole thing.

Great stuff, FB! Well done you.

Hi FlamingoBingo, I thought your speech was excellent.
Don't be disheartened by the turnout. 23 is definitely enough to make a change! 23 people all resolving to live their lives slightly differently - all these small things combine & ripple outwards.

If even ONE person who heard your speech decides to think differently about just ONE of the issues that you talked about, that could have an extraordinary impact somewhere down the line. Perhaps they might be more likely to help a friend or a neighbour, encourage them to report rape / DV, they might be more likely to intervene, to speak out, to teach their children better values.

You can't always see the results of campaigning straight away - that is one of the things that is really hard about it.

Never give up!