Loved Behind the Mask You Wear
The afternoon sun is bright, and it feels like a spotlight on the fatigue you are carrying. You worry that someone will look into your eyes, see the cracks, and ask the question you have no energy to answer.
But there is a light that does not need your performance to shine. It is not afraid of your exhaustion.
It sees the mask, and it sees the person behind it, and it loves both. You do not have to explain yourself to be held.
The light is already there, quiet and steady, waiting for you to stop pretending. You are known, even in your silence.
Drawing from
Matthew, Gospel of Thomas
Verses
Matthew 11:28, Gospel of Thomas 3
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