Have you noticed that when people send you messages these days, they end with 'stay safe'.
Me: Could I order a dozen eggs, please.
Other person: Yes, sure. And remember - stay safe.
I feel like a spy who has been given certain instructions and then told 'this message will self-destruct in three seconds. Stay safe.'
I find it quite disconcerting at times for it creates a sense of impending doom: the world, life, everything is unsafe - but this is only because we have made it so with our words. How many people would end a general message by saying 'please come and fetch your order - and remember, drive carefully.' Or what about: 'I'll see you at six. In the mean time, please be careful you don't stab yourself with a pair of scissors, contract typhoid or get run over by a bus.'
The world is an unsafe place. It has always has been and it always will be. The key is not to let the fear in.
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