standing in the hallway after everyone else has gone to sleep, rehearsing tomorrow's casual greeting in your head because you're afraid the real you will slip out and disappoint them

The Light Sees You Before You Speak

The afternoon sun cuts through the dust, and you are standing in the hallway rehearsing a smile that feels like a mask. You are afraid that if you walk into the room without the script, the real you will slip out and disappoint them.

But the light does not need your performance to see you. It saw you before you even spoke.

Go home to your own heart. Tell the truth of what you carry.

And let the light do the rest.

Drawing from

John 8:10-11, Gospel of Thomas 70

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