"And she's... safe!"

In my classroom I use the phrase, "Please be safe" multiple times a day. As I send the kids off at the end of the day, I say, "Have a safe and wonderful afternoon!" But recently, I started to think about what I was actually saying. Safety. What a huge concept. But what an important and life changing concept. Every human, whether they know it, craves safety. Safety both physically and emotionally. 

I think that we seek places and people that will allow us to be safe. A few weeks ago, I returned to a place that I love and as soon as I drove onto the property, I instantly felt a safe peace. When I am angry or hurt what do I do? I find those certain people in my life. The safe ones. The ones that I know won't judge or get angry (unless it is anger out of love). I bet you do the same thing.

 

The first tier of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs is safety. I never really realized how big of a deal it is to feel safe. Maybe for you to realize, you need to think of the times you felt unsafe. Was it at night when you were walking to your car in the empty parking lot? Was it with a significant other or friend who didn't realize how important of a person you were? See, safety is important.

So why on earth, wouldn't we wish safety upon everyone? Why wouldn't we try and try to make it so that were someone's safe person? Someone's safe place? I challenge you, to make sure that you let those around you know that you are someone they can talk to, someone that they can be around, somewhere where they can go. And maybe, throughout this entire post, you have been thinking of a certain person or place where you feel safe... let that person know that they are your safety in life. Thank them for working to make and keep it that way.