Safety is not the absence of danger, but the presence of connection

But what does that really mean?

There were more than 500 of us standing in the oppressive heat and humidity on the hill that overlooks the causeway that links Singapore to Malaysia at the Kranji War Memorial, at 11am on the first Sunday in November 2025. Mercifully the leaden clouds cut down most of the glare from the sun, yet still the heat and humidity was suffocating. It felt like …