the physical flinch you feel in your chest when someone asks you a simple question, bracing for the moment you accidentally take up too much space

The Dawn Made Room For You

The morning light is here, soft and unhurried, touching the edge of your window before it touches your fear. You feel it still—that reflexive flinch in your chest when a simple question lands, bracing for the moment you might accidentally take up too much space.

But notice how the dawn arrives without asking permission, filling the room simply because it is morning. There is a kingdom spread out upon the earth right now, hidden in plain sight, and you are standing in the middle of it.

You do not have to shrink to fit the day; the light was here before you woke up, and it made room for you while you were still asleep. The question is not whether you deserve to be seen, but whether you can stop hiding from what is already shining.

Drawing from

Gospel of Thomas 113, Gospel of Thomas 3

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