The Light Waits Behind Your Mask
The day wears a mask, and you have held it in place with trembling fingers until your arms gave out. Then, in the safety of your own home, the mask slipped, and you snapped at the one person who did not deserve the weight of your silence.
The shame that follows is heavy, a quiet voice telling you that you are broken beyond repair. But listen — there is a light inside you that was there before the anger, and it remains untouched by the outburst.
It does not recoil from your exhaustion; it simply waits for you to stop fighting yourself. You are not defined by the moment you lost control, but by the love that is already rising to meet you in the aftermath.
The light is not a reward for perfect days; it is the ground you stand on when you have nothing left to offer.
Drawing from
Matthew, Gospel of Thomas
Verses
Matthew 11:28, Gospel of Thomas 70
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