The Dawn Does Not Ask Permission
The morning light is here, and with it comes the heavy thought that your silence has built a wall where there used to be a door. You feel you have lost the right to knock.
But look at how the sun rises—it does not ask permission to enter your room. It simply arrives.
The light does not wait for an invitation to shine on the broken and the quiet. It was there before your silence, and it is here now, pressing gently against the glass.
You do not need to earn the right to be seen again. The dawn proves that love returns without being asked.
The door was never locked from the outside.
Drawing from
Matthew, Gospel of Thomas
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