Safe and free

Focus on safety safety safety breeds fear,

fear then attunes us to more fear and then

the situations we find ourselves in, like childbirth,

become coloured by more fearful feelings ….

then it all feels even less safe!

Being constantly fearful is an unsafe place to dwell, function and be human,

we are simply not free when we are fearful!

Needing to feel safe is a human need yet it need not imprison us

let us not cover over what it means to be human in the pursuit of safety;

find ways of being and doing that awaken our potential to

flourish and feel safe and free

Susan Crowther 2016