The Light Does Not Judge Your Cracks
The screen is still glowing, and your thumb is hovering over the words you just sent. You are waiting for the three dots that might never come, or worse—the silence that feels like a verdict.
You imagine them reading your confession, your fear, your raw and messy truth, and shaking their head at how broken you sound. But listen closely.
The light that lives inside you does not judge the shape of your cracks. It only sees that you are finally letting it out.
There is a courage in sending that text that the darkness wants you to forget. You did not send those words to be analyzed.
You sent them because the light within you refused to stay hidden any longer. Whether they understand or not, the act of speaking has already changed you.
The fear of being seen is real, but the freedom of being known is realer.
Drawing from
Gospel of Thomas, John
Verses
John 3:21
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