standing in the kitchen while your child laughs at a cartoon, feeling completely invisible to them even though you are the one who made the snack they are eating

The Unseen Foundation Holding The Moment

The screen glows blue on their face, and the laughter fills the room while you stand in the shadows of your own kitchen. You made the snack.

You washed the plate. You are the reason the comfort exists, yet to them, you are just part of the furniture.

In this quiet hour, the invisibility feels like a second skin you cannot peel off. But the light you carry does not depend on their eyes to be real.

It was there before they laughed, and it remains while they watch. You came from the light, a drop sent to illuminate this very room, even if no one sees the source.

The kingdom is spread out upon the earth, hidden in the ordinary act of feeding a child, and you are standing right in the middle of it. You are not unseen; you are the unseen foundation holding the moment together.

The light does not need applause to shine; it only needs to be.

Drawing from

Gospel of Thomas, Luke

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