The Light Does Not Flinch When You Tremble
The door slams and your whole body braces for the sound of footsteps walking away. You are already rehearsing the apology for a mistake you haven't even made yet.
The mask you wear at work feels heavy, like armor you cannot take off. But the light does not flinch when you tremble.
It does not run when you anticipate the worst. Thomas 77 says the light is in the wood and under the stone — it is even in the room where you just got scared.
You do not have to be perfect to be held. You do not have to fix the future to be safe right now.
The love that found you is stronger than the fear that you might lose it.
Drawing from
Gospel of Thomas, Mark
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