Positions of Defense

An insecure person or even a person in pain will feel the need to operate from a place of defense to their own peril. It is from this position that you forget to listen, cut others off, and miss the rare opportunities to open the windows to the souls of others by invitation. It is from this position that you become so self centered that you destroy any consideration you had in previous moments for the well being of others. For you, security comes not from within but temporarily from your surroundings...from fleeting sources...a drink, a food, a smile. Our sense of security must be independent, resilient and enduring. I am no one's sense of security other than my children because I'm too temporary to sustain more.