the specific dread of hearing your own voice say 'i'm just waiting for the right moment' while knowing you are hiding from the terror of choosing wrong

Walk With The Fear

The afternoon stretches out, long and gray, filled with the quiet dread of your own voice saying you are just waiting for the right moment. But you know the truth — you are not waiting for clarity.

You are hiding from the terror of choosing wrong. So you stand still, paralyzed by the fear that one misstep will ruin everything.

Yet the light does not require a perfect path. It only asks for a step.

Even a trembling one. Even a wrong one.

Because the light is not a destination you reach by being correct. It is the ground beneath your feet, already holding you.

You do not need to see the whole staircase. You only need to move.

The terror of choosing wrong is a lie the darkness tells to keep you frozen. But the light is already in the movement.

Already in the mistake. Already in the next breath you take toward the unknown.

Stop waiting for the fear to leave. Walk with it.

Drawing from

Gospel of Thomas, Luke

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