Stop Auditioning for the Role You Hold
The afternoon demands a performance, so you stand before the glass and rehearse the hello you will give the world. You script the tone, the smile, the exact pitch of your voice, terrified that the unscripted version of you is not enough.
But the light does not live in the rehearsal. It lives in the wood you split and the stone you lift — in the raw, unpolished texture of your actual day.
You are trying to build a mask when the light is waiting in the mess. There is a voice inside you that knows the truth without practicing it.
Stop auditioning for a role you already hold. The greeting you fear giving is already heard, and it is enough.
Drawing from
Gospel of Thomas 77, 1 John 3:19-20
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