No Invoice Hidden in the Silence
The house is quiet now, and the only sound left is the terrifying math of your own mind. You are counting the cost of their kindness, tallying up a debt you know you can never repay.
You wonder if their staying is just pity—a polite hesitation before they finally walk away. But listen.
The light does not stay because it is owed something. It stays because it chose you.
You came from the light, from the place where it generates itself, and you do not need to manufacture a future to deserve your place at this table. There is no invoice hidden in the silence.
There is only the present moment, and the truth that you are already home.
Drawing from
Gospel of Thomas 50, Gospel of Thomas 24
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