You Are Already Inside the Dawn
The mirror feels like a courtroom this morning. You practice the curve of your lips, the casual lift of your hand, rehearsing a greeting that proves you belong to the world outside this room.
But the light does not need your performance to know you are there. It saw you before you spoke a word.
Thomas says there is light within a person of light, and it lights up the whole world. That light was burning in you while you slept.
It does not flicker because your voice shakes. You do not have to convince the dawn to arrive.
The sun rises whether you greet it or not. The greeting is not a key to unlock the day.
It is just the sound of you remembering you are already inside it.
Drawing from
Gospel of Thomas 24, Gospel of Thomas 3
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