rehearsing the conversation where you finally tell your parents you are in love

Speak the truth that saves you

The house is quiet, but your mind is loud with the words you are practicing for morning. You rehearse the confession of who you love, bracing for the impact, certain that speaking this truth will break something sacred.

But the light does not require you to earn your place at the table through silence. What you are carrying is not a burden to be hidden, but a truth waiting to be brought forth.

If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you. The love inside you is not a mistake; it is the very thing that will save you.

Speak it. The air in the room will change, and you will finally be free.

Drawing from

Gospel of Thomas, Luke

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