Together we are strong !!
Safety - A Basic Need
Each of us wants to be safe. We do a lot for that. For some people, having their mobile phone with them when traveling and being able to contact their relatives at any time is an important safety concept.
In addition to the desire to be healthy, it is important for us humans to be able to love in safety.
Security against burglars should be averted by our laws or by high criminal liability. Because a burglary in my house, rummaging through everything and leaving a mess is a blatant invasion of my privacy, which would totally unsettle me.
Even worse, even traumatic, is domestic violence, which often leaves women with a constant feeling of insecurity because they do not know when the next blow to the face or other parts of the body will come.
The living environment usually gives us a feeling of safety and security. Everything unknown and new can sometimes cause a lot of fear.
It is also interesting that our bank account, if it is not empty, gives a very calming feeling, whereas financial worries can trigger a lot of insecurity and negative stress.
The greatest fear that we as humans have to endure is the fear of death. All the more so when an incurable disease has been diagnosed. Any chance of surviving this? But when that person dies, the loss of a loved one triggers so much insecurity that this trauma has become one of the top stressors.
Children's fears are often very evident. Being able to help them is the great challenge in education.
Diffuse Fears
Sometimes we fight with or better against specific fears. But there is also a large package of diffuse fears. These are based on events that we only HEAR about but do not directly affect us. We encounter such information every day in the news, i.e. the media, who want to use it to connect their customers to their products. Unfortunately, much of this information creates fear in us.
On the internet or on television we encounter stories where normal people like us are cruelly torn from their lives by terrorist attacks. The more we identify with them - which represents an emotionally intelligent quality (LINK) - the stronger fears can arise.
Or sometimes the outside temperature rises to 35 degrees and we are reminded of a climate catastrophe.
Of course we hope that we don't experience a tsunami or have a car accident. Nevertheless, such stories leave behind an insecurity, a diffuse fear. If not dealt with, this can lead to aggression, which can also show up in the family.
Being careful with FAKE NEWS makes a lot of sense. How easily we can become a victim of it!
Loss Of Trust
<FAKE NEWS> has become a battle cry. Politicians also want to use them to gain advantages at the expense of the truth. It is becoming increasingly difficult for us to distinguish truth from lies. Eventually this leads to a loss of trust. A pity.
It is fundamentally important that we can assume that our counterparts are honest, because we also want to have integrity.
Every business that we carry out is also an act of trust. We buy with confidence that the product will meet our expectations. We rely on 'FAIRPLAY' for everyone.
Trust plays an immensely important role in all areas of life, especially in public life!
Every piece of news that reaches us about lies and deceit weakens our belief in society and thus causes our trust to dwindle more and more.
And when we think of the hacker attacks on computer systems, we get dizzy.
Is Security A Utopia?
Politicians keep telling us: there is no such thing as absolute security. There is no guarantee against attacks. It can hit us all anywhere and anytime!
If you look at the historical past, then the low life expectancy and the high infant mortality rate in the Middle Ages, then the terrible world wars of the last century point to a world of great uncertainties. We seem to have to learn to live with it. The only sure thing is death, and that's not a stand up either!
Together we are strong! A team that sticks together will overcome most challenges.
Personal Safety Tips
Fortunately, we are not helplessly at the mercy of our fears and insecurities. We can choose to deal with it wisely. Why not step out of the lawsuit world and build up a security concept. Here are a few tips:
PERCEIVE NEWS SELECTIVELY. We don't need to be constantly informed about all the evil that is happening in the world. Sensitive people in particular would do well to select messages selectively.
PROMOTE SERENITY. Don't just suppress it, but invest your own strength and creativity in my changes and in overcoming my fears.
TALK ABOUT FEARS. This helps a lot when we share our fears and concerns with people we trust. Our spiritual well-being is designed to share burdens with one another.
BE INTEGER YOURSELF. Not only proclaiming our worldview, our ethics, rules of life, but also living them out, that makes us honest and reliable for the environment.
TRUST PEOPLE. People who are generous with their trust quality have more trustworthy friends than others. Giving trust builds relationships.
RELY ON GOD. Our Creator told us not to be afraid. HE will help us if we let it. HE is our security factor in all our life situations. Tackling the challenges of life with HIM gives a much better quality of life!
Those who seek and find the way to the cross again and again are highly privileged!!
"God, give me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
the courage to change things that I can change and
the wisdom to distinguish one from the other.”
Reinhild Niebuhr (1892-1971)
