the panic that your true self is so boring that silence will make everyone leave

The Quiet Where You Finally Arrive

The panic whispers that if you stop performing, the room will empty. That your true self is too plain to hold anyone's attention.

But the kingdom is not a spectacle you must produce. It is inside you, right now, waiting to be recognized.

You are looking for a version of yourself that impresses, when the light is already resting in the quiet one you are. What you think is boring is actually peace.

The silence is not a void where people leave; it is the space where you finally arrive. You do not need to fill the air to be worthy of the air you breathe.

Drawing from

Gospel of Thomas, John

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