{"id":209,"date":"2012-03-05T12:26:47","date_gmt":"2012-03-05T20:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carolineadejong.com\/?p=209"},"modified":"2012-03-05T12:27:00","modified_gmt":"2012-03-05T20:27:00","slug":"safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/carolineadejong.com\/?p=209","title":{"rendered":"Safety"},"content":{"rendered":"

I got to thinking about safety. How do we know when we\u2019re safe? Can our safety be taken away at any moment? Are we ever really safe? I\u2019m a big advocate of safety. I always wear my seat belt, bike helmet, and look both ways before crossing the street\u2026 to name a few. I like to have control over my own destiny. But can I really control this?<\/p>\n

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There are times when I believe I\u2019m unsafe. Usually I cannot see beyond this. I cannot live with this lack of control. I despise it. I want to be safe every moment of every day. But that\u2019s not realistic. Anything could happen at any moment. And that scares the hell out of me. I hate to think that things could change, or end, or someone I love could leave, or die. But I\u2019ve also learned that we can\u2019t live our lives\u2019 this way. We must live each day to the fullest, abiding by our own safety rules, and hope that everything will be okay. Most days it will be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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