the crushing weight of replying to a simple text message because you're sure your words will finally prove you're incompetent

The Light Reads Your Trembling Heart

The phone lights up on the table, and your stomach drops. It is just a message, but to you, it feels like a trap waiting to snap shut.

You type three words, delete them, then type five more, convinced that this time, your clumsiness will finally be undeniable. The fear whispers that your next sentence will be the proof they need to walk away.

But the light does not read your drafts looking for errors. It reads the heart that is trembling behind the screen.

You came from the light, a drop sent to illuminate this very moment of doubt. The perfection you are chasing is a mirror that shows nothing; the stumbling honesty is where the life actually is.

Your words do not have to be flawless to be worthy of being sent.

Drawing from

Gospel of Thomas, John

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