The Security Within
by Odilia McLeod
𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁, 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝘆, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵.
I’ve been reminded recently just how quickly life can throw some serious curveballs. Relentless, scary, destabilizing, life-altering curveballs.
A plan falls apart.
A role disappears.
A relationship changes.
The rug is pulled out from under you.
Those moments have reminded me that the security we seek cannot always come from our circumstances.
Jobs change. Relationships change. Plans unravel. Life moves whether we feel ready or not.
We spend so much of our lives searching for certainty, trying to make the right decisions, minimize risk, and ensure everything will unfold as planned. Yet I’ve lived long enough to realize that 𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀.
We may crave them, cling to them, or postpone important decisions until we feel we have enough of both. But even our most thoughtful plans and well-informed decisions cannot guarantee what happens next.
Life can change in a moment, and suddenly the future we carefully envisioned looks entirely different.
That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t plan. I absolutely believe in doing our homework, thinking things through, and making intentional decisions.
Yet no plan can account for every possibility. If change can find us even when we choose the safest path, perhaps the answer isn’t to avoid uncertainty, but to trust ourselves enough to choose what matters.
At some point, the question is no longer:
“How can I be certain this will work out exactly as I hope?”
It becomes:
“𝗗𝗼 𝗜 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝘆𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗳 𝗶𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻’𝘁?”
Because 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻, and no circumstance can take that away.
Whatever the curveball, change, setback, or unexpected opportunity, you still have YOU, your experience, your resourcefulness, your resilience, and the ability to find your way forward.
If I had waited for certainty, or for assurance that everything would unfold exactly as I imagined, I would never have taken the leap toward a path that felt right for me.
I didn’t know exactly how it would unfold. I simply reached a point where I trusted myself enough to begin.
Sometimes, the greatest risk isn’t taking a chance on yourself, it’s waiting for certainty that may never come.
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