The Light Beneath Your Hesitation
The afternoon stretches out, long and gray, and you are still staring at the screen. Watching those three dots appear, disappear, and reappear as you type, delete, and retype your reply. You are wondering which version of yourself is safe enough to send. Which mask will hold. Which words will not break the fragile peace you have built.
But listen — the light does not need your performance. It does not need the edited draft. It is already there, in the silence between the keystrokes. Split a piece of wood, and the light is there. Lift up the stone of your hesitation, and you will find it waiting underneath.
You came from the light. That is your origin. Not the carefully curated sentence you are trying to construct. You are a drop from that source, sent here to illuminate this very moment, even the messy, unfinished parts. The version of you that is struggling to speak is the one the light recognizes most.
Stop trying to build the perfect bridge. The connection is already made.
The dots are not a test of your worth; they are just the sound of you remembering who you are.
Drawing from
Gospel of Thomas 77, Gospel of Thomas 50, Sophia of Jesus Christ 93:5-8
Verses
Sophia of Jesus Christ 93:5-8
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