Today's Thought - November

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November 21

I learn that safety is where we make it

~Ekua Omosupe

We each have different images of safety. Some associate safety with having a secure job, enough money (however we define "enough"), a home of our own, or a partner willing to stick by us forever. Some think safety comes with being given a clean bill of health by a physician. But not everyone who has these things feels truly secure, and many who lack them walk fearlessly through their days.

Material comfort, physical health, promises - there is no guarantee that any of these will bless us permanently. A true, lasting sense of safety lies elsewhere. We are safe when we know so well who we are that no one can dissuade us from our self-knowledge. We are safe when we decide to trust the love our Higher Power has for us. We are safe when we are more concerned with how we can serve others than with what they can do for us or take from us.

Safety comes from having an open mind, a generous heart, and a resilient spirit.

Today, my knowledge and acceptance of who I am and my deepening relationship with a Higher Power give me a feeling of security.

Today's reading is from the book Glad Day