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I USED TO THINK I COULD FIND TRUE SAFETY IN THE WORLD
- unmani3
- Mar 29
- 2 min read
I used to think I could find true safety in the world. I used to believe that the people and the places that I knew would stay fixed and stable. I used to think that people would always be kind and supportive to each other. I used to think that countries wouldn't bomb each other.
I used to think I could manage how people perceived me. I used to try really hard to be the kind of person they wanted me to be, so that I could feel safe. I used to think I would one day become someone who would have their life sorted and under control. I used to think I could find safety and stability in being someone in the world.
Then I discovered that true safety can not be found in the world at all. Of course we all need some degree of worldly safety in order to survive and thrive as humans. But I am talking about a kind of safety that is not dependent on worldly experience being perfect.
Worldly experiences are constantly changing and nothing is permanent. Nothing can be relied upon to be the same. No one is saved from the effects of time. Everyone is falling apart whether it happens fast or slowly, and there is never a point when everything is sorted out and perfect. Life includes pain, fear, and lots of uncomfortable feelings and experiences.
True safety is not about escaping any of that. It is not about numbing out, or spacing out. It is not about making loads of effort to generate, and then maintain, some kind of state that will disappear as soon as you relax.
True safety is who you already are.
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