Resting in the Light Before the Words
The cursor blinks, a steady rhythm against the white silence, marking the gap between who you are and what you cannot make your hands do. This is the long middle of the day, where the weight of routine feels heavier than the work itself.
You are not broken because the force will not come; you are simply human, sitting in the tension of the unwritten thing. There is a light that does not demand your productivity to prove it exists.
It is not waiting for you to type a single word before it decides you are worthy. The light is already in the room, humming quietly beneath the noise of your self-judgment.
It does not need your output to stay lit. Rest in the knowing that you are held even when the page remains blank.
Drawing from
John, Matthew
Verses
John 14:20, Matthew 6:34
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