the quiet terror of realizing you don't know what you actually want anymore

Resting in the Light That Wants You

The afternoon hums with a quiet terror: the sudden realization that you no longer know what you actually want. You move through the motions, checking boxes, answering emails, but the desire that used to drive you has gone silent.

You feel like a drop of light sent into the world to illuminate, yet you cannot remember your own shape. But listen — the light does not need your clarity to shine.

It shines simply because it is there, hidden in the mundane, waiting for you to stop performing and just be. You do not have to manufacture a new want to be held.

The kingdom is already within you, even in this hollow middle. The silence you fear is not emptiness; it is the space where the true self is being restored to its root.

You are not lost; you are just resting in the knowing that the light wants you even when you don't want anything.

Drawing from

Sophia of Jesus Christ, Gospel of Mary

Verses

Sophia of Jesus Christ 93:12-16, Gospel of Mary 4:28-29

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