Warning: Safety can Often be Dangerous

Warning: Safety is Often our Biggest Danger

I know a woman who hates her secure job
with the Veteran’s Administration (in the USA).
It feels so safe
she will spend most of her life dying there.

I know a woman in a lifeless marriage
whose husband will never leave her.
It feels so safe
she will accept her loveless life of perpetual inconsequence.

I know a mother
who treats her children with disrespect,
thinking that they “owe her”
because she is their mother.
It feels so safe (in their “love” for her)
she will continue to violate their boundaries
and poison whatever love they still have for her
until her dying day.

I know a young woman
who feels so safe
in obeying her parents and their security desires.
If feels so safe
she will continue to sacrifice her own freedoms and passions
even until her own death.

I know a young man
who feels so safe in the love of his sweetheart.
It feels so safe
he does not chase her any more
and romance has drifted from his life.

I know a young woman
who feels secure in the love of her boyfriend.
It feels so safe
she no longer shows him
how much she admires and respects him
and she often gives herself permission 
to nag and complain to him.

I know a boss
who feels so secure in the loyalty of his employees.
It feels so safe
that he no longer pays any attention
to making sure they feel
appreciated, honored, and challenged.

I know a student
who feels so secure in following
the program of his school and teachers.
It feels so safe
that he will never prepare himself
to have a rewarding, exciting career and life.

I know some leaders
who feel secure in their followers
not questioning their policies.
It feels so safe
the leaders have forgotten
their purpose as leaders.

I know billions of followers
who feel safe in following their leaders
(whether parental, cultural, religious, 
educational, tribal, governmental, etc.).
If feels so safe
the followers have forgotten
to think for themselves.

I know some children
who feel so safe in the “love” of their parents.
It feels so safe
they abuse their relationship with the parents,
expecting their parents to rescue them 
from the consequences of life.

I know a young man
who feels safe
when he doesn’t ask
a woman he likes for a date.
It feels so safe
he doesn’t have the love and companionship in his life
that he desperately wants.

I know a woman
who feels safe
when she always says “yes” to her friends,
even when she wants to say “no.”
If feels so safe
she continually thinks
that her friends take advantage of her.

I know a man 
who feels safe
to be viewed as “upstanding member of the community.”
It feels so safe
he is able to ignore and suppress
the gnawing pit in his soul
that is trying to tell him that life is passing him by.

What “safety” in your life 
is actually dangerous to your life?

Are you willing to choose “un-safety”?

Honor yourself for the courage to make that choice.
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