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Feeling safe.


                                         
        
I went for a walk the other day to a place I had never been to before it was quite secluded, a beautiful, peaceful forest and I enjoyed strolling along through the tall trees, listened to the birds tweet, wandered along one of the many trails and caught a glimpse of a rabbit or two; until I saw a group of people up ahead, then I stopped, turned around and went back - the adventure was over. 
But what was I so afraid of? I could simply say I was frightened of being jumped, mugged or beaten up because let's face it, that is the sort of world we are living in and we're not safe anymore. 
But was my fear really justified, did I have any reason to think these people were going to harm me; no I didn't. So why do we live in fear, why do we assume the worst of people.
I think our fear stems from the things we see on TV and the stories we read in the newspaper, the murder of Lee Rigby, the violent crimes we see in our society today of people being stabbed, attacked and raped and of children being abducted and murdered, we see it happening everyday and we are now so cautious and wary of everyone. We are all in fear of our lives and everyone is a potential murderer.
But we can't live like that and it's not fair to judge people like that. We can't stop bad things from happening and yes nowadays we need to be more alert and cautious and keep ourselves safe but we can't judge unfairly and we can't let our fear stop us from living and exploring the forest. 

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