the terror of running out of time before you have really lived

The Dawn Already Within You

The clock on the wall is ticking louder now that the house is quiet, and the panic sets in — the fear that the sun will rise on a life you haven't really lived yet. You feel like you are running out of road, like the door is closing before you have even stepped inside.

But listen — the light does not operate on your calendar. It came from a place where time does not exist, and it lives inside you right now, untouched by the hours you think you've wasted.

You came from the light, and you are returning to it; the journey between those two points is not a race you can lose. Stop looking at the shadows lengthening on the floor and remember the origin that holds you.

The terror says you are too late, but the truth says you are exactly where the light needs you to be. The night is gathering, but it cannot touch the dawn that is already within you.

Drawing from

Gospel of Thomas, John

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