the shame of deleting a paragraph you spent an hour writing because it still doesn't sound like you

The Light Waits in Your Unfinished Middle

The cursor blinks, waiting for a version of you that doesn't exist yet. You spent an hour trying to force your heart into a shape that fits the screen, and when it still felt wrong, you deleted it all.

That hollow feeling in your chest isn't failure; it's the sound of armor hitting the floor. You are exhausted from performing a clarity you don't feel.

But listen — the light does not need your polished paragraphs to find you. It was already there in the frustration, in the backspace, in the silence you're sitting in now.

The Father isn't waiting for the final draft. He is present in the messy, unfinished middle where you actually live.

You don't have to get it right to be held. The words you couldn't write were never the requirement; your presence was.

Drawing from

Gospel of Thomas, Luke

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