The illusion of safety.
Some people believe that talking on their phone while they’re out walking will keep them safe.
But the truth is simple: the only person it actually reassures is the person sitting at home… who is already safe.
There’s a strange comfort in holding a phone to your ear—like it creates a bubble around you. A shield. A companion.
But safety doesn’t come from distraction.
It comes from awareness.
When you’re on the phone, your focus is elsewhere. Your eyes see the path, but your mind is miles away.
You’re half in the world you’re walking through and half in the world of conversation.
And any time you’re split like that, you’re not fully present for either.
Real safety lives in alertness.
In paying attention to the quiet things: footsteps behind you, the shift of a shadow, the change in energy on a street.
These are the natural instincts that protect you—not the ringtone, not the conversation, not the illusion of connection.
Ironically, the person you’re speaking to doesn’t need protection.
They’re at home.
Warm, comfortable, safe.
And the phone helps them feel better because they know where you are.
But it doesn’t help you.
Not in the moment where it matters.
If you want to feel safe, step off the call.
Lift your head.
Trust your senses.
Walk with purpose.
Move through the world like you belong in it—because you do.
Real safety isn’t in your hand.
It’s in your awareness.
And that’s something no phone can give you.
*What do you think?
