All around the world, everyone needs a sense of security. Safety is one thing all living things want, what they need. Sometimes we depend on others for our safety, sometimes we are dependent upon ourselves and find it no one else’s but our own to achieve. A mother bear watches over her cubs, making sure at all times nothing possibly threatning can overpower her young ones and kill them; all the meanwhile the cubs are dependent on the mom to watch them, they see her as a shield against all harm in the world. We all desire that sense. We make precautions to make sure that no danger can harm us or our loved ones. Locks, gates, security camers, home security systems- all attempts to prevent the worst of possibilities to occur. But is safety a real thing? Or is it simply an illusion we create to give us false security?

Ask a person what makes them feel safe, then ask another. Compare and contrast their answers, chances are they will have similar ideas. Some people argue that safety is a real thing, that we don’t fake but can create. To an extent safety does exist. Without those locks, gates, etc, we have a hire risk of being hurt- or worse. We feel the obligation to have precautions against all the possible perils in the world. Theses can include neighborhood shootings, robberies, kidnapping, etcs. We always associate the those items with safety, just as we do with our guardians. They become a safety symbol for us.

Then there is the argument safety doesn’t truly exists. No matter where you are, where you hide, danger lurks behind every corner and item. You can take as many precautions against all these things but there is always a chance of faulty equipment or just the right coincedence. Safety can exist within our mind but something can always shatter the illusion you are perfectly safe. It’s possible a shooting can occur right in your neighborhood, a metaor could appear out of nowhere (even though its highly unprobable), and the day you are out on a vacation, your house could get broken into. Anything is possible at anytime but we create defense to help prevent- at least we try to. Natural diseasters are always possible, you coud have faulty seatbelts on a rollercoaster, you could be deathly allergic to an ingredient in a food and die, all these things cause harm or death. So whether safety is an illusion or a reality, it's all up to your perspective.