Silence Is Mercy, Not Cowardice
The mask is on, and the workday has begun, but your mind is still rehearsing a speech you will never deliver. You are crafting the perfect apology for a wound that has already scabbed over, knowing that speaking it now would only tear the skin open again.
The moment has passed, and the silence you are keeping is not cowardice—it is mercy. There is a light inside you that does not need your words to know the truth of your heart.
It sees the regret without needing you to perform the penance. What you are withholding is not confession, but protection.
The love that holds you knows what you meant to say, even if you never say it.
Drawing from
John 8:10-11, Gospel of Thomas 51
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