Stop Trimming Your Soul to Fit
The laugh escapes your throat, bright and easy, and in that same second, your hands are already scrubbing the edges of your soul to make sure it fits the room. You are editing yourself in real-time, cutting away the jagged parts so you remain lovable.
But the light does not need you to be smooth. It does not need you to be safe.
It saw the woman who washed feet with tears and said her great love showed she was forgiven much. You are not fooling the silence.
The performance is exhausting you, but the truth is already standing in the room, waiting for you to stop trimming. What you are hiding to protect yourself is the very thing that would save you if you let it out.
Drawing from
Luke 7:47, Gospel of Thomas 70
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