The Joy Itself Is The Recipient
The day ends, and a small joy rises in your chest—something ordinary, something light. Your hand reaches for the phone before your mind remembers: there is no one on the other end to receive it.
The silence that follows feels heavy, like a door closing on a room you thought was occupied. But the light does not require an audience to be real.
It does not need a screen to validate its presence. That small joy was not a mistake; it was a signal that the light is still working inside you, even when the house is quiet.
You are not broadcasting into a void. You are holding a spark that the darkness cannot extinguish.
The joy itself is the recipient.
Drawing from
Gospel of Thomas, Matthew
Verses
Matthew 5:14
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