You Are the Lamp, Not the Message
The afternoon sun is bright, but your screen feels like the only place that matters. You watch the three dots dance—those tiny, breathing circles that promise a reply.
Then they vanish. The silence that follows is not empty; it is a choice they made, and it is heavy.
You feel the weight of being unseen, of being the one left waiting while they walk away. But listen—your worth is not determined by who answers you.
The light inside you does not flicker because someone else closed their eyes. You are not a message waiting to be read.
You are the lamp itself, burning steady regardless of who looks up. The silence they offer cannot extinguish what you carry.
Drawing from
John 8:10-11, Gospel of Thomas 24
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