The Treasure Buried Beneath Your Feet
The house is quiet now, and the question has nowhere to hide. Is this it?
Is this cycle of waking, working, and wearying all there is? The darkness tries to convince you that the story has already been written, that the pages are empty.
But there was a man who walked through a field, ordinary as any other day, and stumbled over a treasure buried in the dirt. He did not earn it.
He did not search for years to find it. He simply walked, and the gold was there, waiting under his feet.
The kingdom is spread out upon the earth, and you do not see it because you are looking for a spectacle instead of a secret. The light is not a distant reward for a life fully lived.
It is the hidden reality beneath the surface of this very moment. You are not waiting for the light to arrive.
You are standing in it.
Drawing from
Matthew, Gospel of Thomas
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