The Silence Where You Finally Breathe
The house is quiet now, and the mask is sitting on the table where you left it. You are waiting for the moment they realize you were faking it, that the strength you showed them was a costume.
But the silence you fear is not the prelude to exposure. It is the space where the real you finally gets to breathe.
The light does not need your performance to stay in the room. It was there when you were smiling, and it is here now that you are trembling.
You do not have to earn your place at the table by being impressive. The truth is simpler, and far kinder: you are known, and you are still here.
Drawing from
John 13:1-17, Luke 10:38-42
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