Security is elusive. It's impossible. We all die. We all get old. We all get sick. People leave us. People change us. Nothing is secure.
Real security is contemplating death, not pretending it doesn't exist.
I think of the security of cages. How violence, cruelty, oppression, become a kind of home, a familiar pattern, a cage, in which we know how to operate and define ourselves.
It is almost a guarantee that in the pursuit of security you will become more insecure. Inherent in the quest for security is its undoing.
I am worried about this word, this notion - security. I see this word, hear this word, feel this word everywhere. Security check. Security watch. Security clearance. Why has all this focus on security made me feel so much more insecure? ... Why are we suddenly a nation and a people who strive for security above all else?
Security isn't what I hunger for. I hunger for change. I hunger for connection.
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