staring at the three dots that appear and disappear on their screen, knowing they are typing a reply, deleting it, and typing again, while you hold your breath waiting for words you might not deserve

The Silence Between the Dots

The afternoon stretches long and thin, a gray hallway where you stand staring at three dancing dots. They appear, they vanish, they appear again.

You hold your breath, convinced that the words forming on the other side of the screen are a verdict you no longer deserve. You are waiting for a rejection that feels inevitable.

But listen — the silence between those dots is not empty. It is the space where the Good is restoring every nature to its root.

The person typing is not counting your failures; they are searching for a way to reach the light that still lives inside you. The connection was never broken, only paused.

Breathe. The reply will come, and it will be kinder than your fear.

Drawing from

Gospel of Mary, Gospel of Thomas

Verses

Gospel of Mary 4:28-29

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