On been ‘cancelled’

If you haven’t been “cancelled” yet… what exactly are you waiting for?

Or maybe the better question is: What are you still afraid of?

Before I explain where I’m going with this, allow me to offer a metaphor. A story that speaks to the choice we all must eventually face:

In the depths of a medieval dungeon, three prisoners are shackled to a stone wall, awaiting execution.

One by one, each man is summoned by the executioner and given three choices:

Firing squad.
Hanging.
The Black Door.

The Black Door is a mystery cloaked in terror. Whispers among the prisoners speak of torture, madness, and horrors worse than death.

The executioner approaches the first prisoner.

“How do you wish to die?”

“Hanging,” the man replies without hesitation.

The executioner leads him away.

He returns for the second prisoner.

“How do you wish to die?”

The man stiffens. “Firing squad.”

Moments later, the thunder of rifles echoes through the dungeon halls.

Finally, the executioner faces the third prisoner.

“How do you wish to die?”

The man’s eyes dart to The Black Door. He hesitates. For a moment, he seems ready to choose it. But fear overtakes him.

“H-hang me,” he stammers.

The executioner escorts him to the gallows. As the noose is secured around his neck, the executioner asks,

“Any last requests?”

The prisoner gulps. “Yes… before I die, tell me—what’s behind The Black Door?”

The executioner pauses, then smiles.

“Freedom.”

And with that, he pulls the lever.

Moral of the story:

Often, the path we’re warned not to take… is the very one that leads to freedom.

Cancel culture is The Black Door. Most people tremble before it. But everyone I know who’s had the courage to walk through it, has emerged more free than they’ve ever been.

Over the past five years, I’ve asked every dissenting doctor, scientist, and whistleblower the same question at the end of our interviews: “Do you have any regrets for speaking out?”

Without hesitation, they all answered, “No.”

In fact, the majority described what felt like a spiritual phenomenon:
For the first time in their lives, they were experiencing the kind of freedom that comes only from being in service to truth.

I can relate.

The moment I stopped playing it safe was the moment I was consumed by a peace I’d never known.

It was Jesus Christ who said, “You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

That’s not just theology.
It’s a roadmap to liberation.

So I ask you again:
What are you still afraid of?

Losing your job?
Losing customers?
Losing friends?

Here’s what I’ve learned from being willing to lose any of that:

That’s when fate reveals itself.

When you’re truly in service to people, to truth, to life itself—something sacred happens.

The benevolent forces of the universe step in.
That’s the safe way of saying: God shows up when you show up.

Bad jobs are replaced with good jobs.

Misaligned customers are replaced with aligned customers.

Shallow friends are replaced by deep friends.

This is what happens when you choose truth over comfort.

This is what happens beyond The Black Door.

Yes—getting canceled is uncomfortable. But only for a moment.

Stay the course, and the discomfort will pass.

In its place will come the quiet power of knowing you’re in service to something far greater than yourself.

Because the only life worth living is a life lived on purpose.

Are you ready?

Of course you are.

You were born ready.

The time is now.

The world needs your voice.

Your wisdom.

Your uncensored truth.

Now more than ever.

Be brave. Get out there and…

#GetCanceled

PASS IT ON!

Mikki Willis
Father/Filmmaker