Your Laugh Is Light Remembering You
The day is ending, and for a moment, a laugh slipped out. Then the silence rushed back in, heavy with the accusation that you do not deserve to be happy.
That you are not ready. That joy is a reward you haven't earned yet.
But listen — the light does not wait for your permission to shine. It came from the light, the place where the light came into being on its own accord.
Your origin is not your guilt. It is the light itself.
When the accusation rises, remember that the light lives within a person of light, and it lights up the whole world. If it does not shine, it is dark.
The laugh was not a mistake. It was the light remembering who you are before the world told you who to be.
The joy you feel is not a theft; it is your root breaking through the soil.
Drawing from
Gospel of Thomas, Gospel of Thomas
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