The Light Sees What Laughter Hides
The room is loud, the jokes are landing, and for a moment everyone is together. Then the laughter stops.
The silence rushes in. And you realize the person sitting right beside you—the one who just laughed with you—is a stranger to the real weight you carry.
You are performing okayness while breaking inside. The mask fits so well that even you forget it's there.
But the light sees what the laughter hides. It saw you before you ever put the costume on.
It knows the name you do not speak in crowds. You do not have to explain the silence to be known.
The light is already in the room, sitting in the quiet space between the jokes, waiting for you to stop pretending. The performance is exhausting.
The truth is rest.
Drawing from
John 1:48, Gospel of Thomas 70
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