the specific dread of re-reading a text message you just sent, convinced the tone sounds cold or manic and that the recipient now sees you as unhinged

You Are the Light That Sent It

The screen glows with the words you just sent, and suddenly they look wrong. Cold.

Too much. You are convinced the person on the other end sees chaos where you meant connection.

This is the middle of the day, where the light feels flat and every mistake feels permanent. But the light that lives inside you is not captured by a text box.

It is in the wood you split and the stone you lift. It is in the ordinary act of hitting send, even when your hands shake.

You do not need to rewrite the message to be held. The one who knows your heart is greater than your heart's condemnation.

It sees the intention beneath the typo. It sees the love beneath the mania.

You are not your worst moment of communication. You are the light that sent it.

Drawing from

Gospel of Thomas 77, 1 John 3:19-20

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