You Are Not The Flinch
The hand on your shoulder was kind, but your body remembered the blow. You flinched, and now the shame burns hotter than the fear did.
You are wearing the mask of okayness while your nervous system screams that you are not safe. But listen — the light inside you did not flinch.
It saw the touch for what it was. It knows the difference between the past and this present moment.
The darkness has not overcome the light that lives in your bones. Your reaction was a shadow, but it is not your identity.
You are not the flinch. You are the light that noticed it.
Drawing from
1 John 1:5, John 1:5
Verses
1 John 1:5, John 1:5
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