The Light That Holds You

The house is finally quiet, and the mask you wore all day has fallen off, leaving you alone with the weight of being the one who holds everything together. You have been the anchor, the steady voice, the unshakeable ground for everyone else, while inside you feel like you are sinking beneath a surface no one sees.

But in the gathering dark, there is a truth that refuses to be drowned: you are not the water that swallows you; you are the light that shines through it. The Gospel of Thomas speaks of a city built on a high mountain that cannot fall, and that city is you.

Even now, when you feel like you are breaking, the light within you is the one thing that cannot be hidden. You do not have to hold the world together tonight, because the light you are carrying is already holding you.