Stop Hiding the One Already Here
The day is ending, and the question comes: how are you? You open your mouth to give the answer everyone expects, but the words stick.
You have worn the mask so long you forgot there was a face beneath it. The performance has become the only thing you know.
But listen — the light does not need your answer. It does not need your performance.
It is waiting for the silence after the mask falls. There is a truth living inside you that no role can cover.
It was there before you learned to pretend. It will be there when you finally stop.
You do not have to find yourself tonight. You only have to stop hiding the one who is already here.
Drawing from
John, Gospel of Thomas
Verses
John 3:19-21, Thomas 5
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