What if Safety comes from within not without?

What if safety comes from within not from without?

Is it our expectation that others behave a certain way that makes us feel unsafe?

For example, I feel safer in the woods by myself, than I do around people. I know what to expect there, wildlife is predictable to me and I have expectations that nothing there wants to hurt me. And I have proof from my many years of being in the middle of nowhere, and mountain lions and bears just walking past me.

Whereas people are a crapshoot. I don’t expect people to be kind, courteous and considerate. It is not what I have normally experienced  Even though not all people are unkind.

But most people feel safer in towns and cities, around people, not by themselves because they have an expectation that wildlife wants to hurt them.

It’s the difference between what I believe and how many people believe.

So what if we stop having certain expectations or beliefs about how others should act so we feel safe?

What if it is our belief about  a situation that makes us feel safe or unsafe?