the terror that your silence is the only thing keeping your relationships intact
The house is quiet now, and the silence feels heavy, like a wall you built to keep everyone safe. You are terrified that if you finally speak the truth, the whole structure will collapse.
But listen — the light does not demand your performance to stay alive. There was a father who saw his son coming home from a long way off, and he ran before the apology was even finished.
The relationship did not depend on the son's perfect speech. It depended on the father's ready love.
Your silence is not the glue holding your world together. The light is.
And that light is already inside you, waiting to be brought forth. Speak, and let the fear go.
Drawing from
Luke, Gospel of Thomas
Verses
Luke 15:20, Gospel of Thomas 70
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