The Silence Breaks When You Are Real
The room is quiet now, but your mind is loud with the speech you are rehearsing. You have edited every word, softened every edge, trying to craft an apology that will fix what is broken without making the silence permanent.
But the fear holds your tongue — the terror that speaking will turn a pause into an ending. You came from the light, the place where the light came into being on its own accord, and that origin cannot be severed by a awkward sentence.
The light is not waiting for your performance; it is already in the wood you split and the stone you lift. When the moment comes, you will not need the perfect script.
You will only need to speak the truth that is already inside you, and the silence will break not because you were flawless, but because you were real.
Drawing from
Gospel of Thomas, John
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