A man falls in love with a girl, and decides to be with her for as long as he can
He decides to ensure that she feels loved, safe, and
unburdened (not uninformed) by him
Instead of wondering where he is, she feels secure enough in
his steadiness
That she can easily offer 80% of her life force to make
another human from 2 cells
Knowing full well that he is there to replenish her with the
80% she needs
To live thereafter.
The parents offer the child the space needed to feel loved,
safe and unburdened
As the child learns to navigate its multiplying cells, the confusion of being thrust into a world not of its making, but his to undertake.
The people, the noise, the colors, the emotions, the pains,
the conversations, the crises
And each time he returns to the parents, who make him
unburdened, and safe
For as long as needed. Almost forever.
Almost.
And the child becomes an adult, and starts building a space that makes him feel safe, loved and unburdened.
He finds it in friends, in jobs, in a smile from the right
person, in purpose.
In the landlord who charges fairly, the insurer who pays up, the banker who keeps his money safe, in the cop who arrests the rulebreakers.
The rule they broke? The cardinal one - To keep people safe and unburdened.
Because every adult out there is a child who left his home and is looking for another place to feel safe, loved and unburdened.
And every job we do – the teacher, the gardener, the
engineer, the technocrat, the judge, the politician – exists to only answer one
question.
“What can I do to make the most people feel safe and
unburdened?”
To make sure that bridges don’t fall, that roads are
traversable, the air is breathable
That people have homes, that food isn’t wasted, that sickness
is treated, that water is clean
That voices are heard, that laughter is easy, and spirits
are unbroken.
Why build missiles against such a people? Why grab at land pockets when the whole planet is safe? Why cut down forests that cleans our air? Why make
materials that will scorch the planet? Why kill and eat children, when the whole
world keeps them safe?
Can you imagine that world? A world that you meet with
curiosity rather than apprehension? A world that IS the safety net for the
adventures you choose to go on? At any corner of the planet, you will meet many
who will care about what makes you feel safe and unburdened as easily as you
sip a matcha at a café in the main street of your city. Imagine safety being as unplanned and careless as gravity.
‘Yes, you can leave your bag here, yes you can wear that
dress, yes, this stranger can take you where you want to go, yes that’s a high
that won’t kill you, yes the unisex bathroom is safe, yes this home is within
your means, yes there’s easily available senior care, yes that surgery is affordable, yes you are safe, yes you
are loved, yes, yes, yes.’
But instead, over and over, we put grifters in charge of security, criminals in charge of justice, human-haters in charge of health, cannibals in charge of food, warmongers in charge of peace. We put people who didn't come from safety, or love, in charge of providing it, and we reward them handsomely when they break
that single cardinal rule.
And then we wonder why the world is what we made it and why nothing changes.
