Rest Now Because You Are Known
The door closes and the mask falls, leaving you hollowed out by the performance of being okay. You have carried the weight of everyone else's stability while your own spirit trembles beneath the surface.
But the light does not require you to hold it together for one more second. It is not waiting for your composed face; it is waiting for your honest exhaustion.
There is a yoke designed for two, gentle and low, where the burden is shared rather than shouldered alone. You do not have to explain the cracks to be held within them.
The performance was never the price of admission to love. Rest now, not because you have finished, but because you are finally known.
Drawing from
Matthew 11:28-30, 1 John 3:19-20
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