The Light Survives Your Damage
The mirror shows the red, raw places where you tried to scrub the stain out of your own skin. You looked for cleanliness in the friction and found only damage.
But listen — what you have done does not define what you are. There is a light within you that was there before the scratching began, and it remains untouched by the wound.
You do not need to make yourself clean to be held; the light sees the hurt beneath the habit and calls it by name. The morning is not a verdict on last night's failure; it is simply the next chance to let the light shine through the broken places.
You are not your damage. You are the light that survives it.
Drawing from
John 8:10-11, Gospel of Thomas 70
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