The Light Waits for No Notification
The afternoon stretches long, and your hand jumps at a ghost—a vibration that never came. You engineered your words so carefully, hoping to earn a sign that someone is still there.
But the screen stays dark. The silence feels like a verdict.
Yet the light does not wait for your notification to arrive. It is already here, in the quiet hum of the room, in the dust motes dancing in the shaft of sun.
You are not defined by who replies or who walks away. The kingdom is inside you, not in the pocket of your coat.
You came from the light, and to the light you belong, regardless of the silence. The reassurance you are hunting for is not a message from another human.
It is the steady, unblinking presence that has never left your side. Put the phone down.
The only voice that matters is the one speaking your name right now, in the stillness.
Drawing from
Gospel of Thomas 50, Gospel of Thomas 3
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