The Light Remains When Voices Fade
The room feels heavier tonight because you watched them laugh easily with someone else, while your silence sat like a stone in the corner. You realize now that your sadness made the air too thick for them to stay, so they drifted toward the lightness they could handle.
But listen — the gathering dark does not mean the light has abandoned you. It means you are finally honest about the weight you have been carrying alone.
There is a light within you that lights up the whole world, even when the room feels empty. That light was there before the laughter started, and it remains now that the voices have faded.
You are not too heavy for the divine; you are simply holding a truth that others are not ready to carry yet. The darkness you feel is not a verdict on your worth; it is the space where the real work of waking up begins.
Drawing from
Gospel of Thomas, Luke
Verses
Luke 17:21
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