Joy Is Not A Betrayal Of Grief
The laugh escaped before you could stop it, and now the silence feels like a betrayal. You are wearing the mask of someone who has moved on, while inside, the absence sits heavy and unmoved.
But listen — the light that lives in you does not demand that you carry grief as proof of love. There was a woman who stood behind the teacher, weeping until her tears washed his feet, yet he told her to go in peace, not in penance.
Your joy is not a forgetting. It is the light breaking through the performance you feel forced to keep up.
The love you hold for them is not measured by how much you suffer in their memory. You are allowed to be light, even while you mourn.
Drawing from
Luke, 1 John
Verses
1 John 3:18-19
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