lying perfectly still in bed afraid that if you shift your weight or make a sound, the fragile peace of the house will break and everyone will realize you don't belong here

You Belong Here Even in the Noise

The house has gone quiet, and you are holding your breath so the peace won't break. You lie perfectly still, terrified that a single shift of your weight will reveal you as an intruder in your own life.

But the light does not require your silence to stay. It is not a guest you must entertain; it is the air you are breathing right now.

In the deep sigh before a healing, the light felt the weight of your closed-off places and chose to enter anyway. You do not have to earn your place on this mattress by being invisible.

The love that holds you is not fragile; it cannot be shattered by a creak in the floorboards or a restless turn in the dark. Stop guarding a peace that was never yours to maintain.

You belong here not because you are quiet, but because you are here.

Drawing from

Gospel of Mary 5:4-5, Mark 7:34

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