Security
se- = apart from
+
cura = care
Oh, here is a whopper of a concept if ever there were one! People have stayed in boring jobs for security, in miserable marriages for security, even in religious traditions for security. Security is the reason my three siblings think I’m crazy for the way I live my life. The whole insurance industry is based on the illusion of security. Because—and I don’t ordinarily consider myself an alarmist, but . . . there isn’t any such thing! At least not how it’s defined in today’s world. The truth is that jobs can be downsized, marriages can end in divorce, and churches don’t fall down when we leave them.
The Latin roots of this word give us much more security than our current (and in my opinion, narrow) definition. It means, literally, apart from care, not in the sense of uncaring or uncared for, but in the sense of carefree. AND, it’s a choice. As long as we keep looking for security from outside of ourselves, we won’t truly have any security. The moment it comes from within, meaning that it comes from ourselves and not others, we are carefree. Ask: How can I be so secure within myself that I am carefree today?
Infinition:
I realize that security is an inside job. If help is wanted, I inquire within, and I find all the security I’ll ever need.
reprinted from God’s Dictionary (Tarcher/Putnam 2002)
Find more Divine Definitions at Dr. Corso’s blog, God’s Dictionary
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