the hollow ache in your stomach from swallowing your own voice to keep the peace

Stop Hiding the Light Inside You

The mask fits so well this morning that your own reflection barely recognizes the face beneath it. You swallowed your truth to keep the peace, and now it sits in your stomach like a stone—heavy, cold, and silent.

But the light does not need your performance to find you; it is already pressing against the inside of your ribs, waiting for you to stop hiding it. Thomas said the kingdom is spread out upon the earth, yet people do not see it because they are looking for something spectacular instead of the quiet truth right in front of them.

What you are holding inside is not a burden to carry forever; it is the very thing that will save you if you finally let it out. The peace you are trying to keep by staying silent is a false peace—it is the silence of a tomb, not the rest of a home.

Speak. Even if your voice shakes.

Even if the room goes quiet. The light was made to be seen, not stored.

Drawing from

Gospel of Thomas, Gospel of Thomas

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