Feeling Safe and Secure: The Hub of a Wheel

I have been thinking lately about our innate and very human desire for security. In these uncertain times, we are all looking for ways to feel safe. We want to protect our loved ones and our way of life. And, we want to know that everything will be alright in the end. Safety and security is like the hub of a wheel, with many different spokes coming out from it. Creativity, love, happiness, success, health, and wisdom all begin from a place of safety and security.

This week at work, I have not felt very secure. There have been a lot of stressed out people walking around throwing up their hands and wanting to give up. It seems like now that we are three months into the year, everyone has been working too many hours and needs a break. I have felt the urge to retreat or at the very least put in earbuds so I can drown everything out around me. I feel like there are energy vampires lurking everywhere ready to tell you about the most difficult challenge they are facing right now or how things have been really bad lately. As I hear their stories with a sympathetic ear, I know that I have similar thoughts myself. I think, if only they knew how challenging things can be in my home sometimes. Or if only they knew about this thing going on in my family right now. It seems like we are going back and forth sharing how difficult our life is. I went to bed last night with a headache and tension in my neck. I am acting like a sponge, absorbing everything that is going on around me. So I know it's time to shake things up in my life. Tomorrow, I am going to wake up early with my kiddo. I am going to put him in the car and head off to catch the sunrise over the ocean. Stay tuned, I will report back!

I will leave you with this nourishing thought from May Sarton.