Put Down the Pen That Isn't Yours
The silence at four in the morning is heavy when you realize the life you are living belongs to someone else. You have worn their expectations like a coat that never fit, walking a road that was never yours.
But right now, in this deepest dark, the light inside you is whispering a different name. It says: the kingdom is spread out upon the earth, and you do not see it because you are looking at someone else's map.
There is a child of true Humanity existing within you, waiting for you to stop following the noise and start following it. You were sent here as a drop from the light to illuminate this specific moment, not to mimic a stranger's shadow.
The script you are holding was written by fear, but the life beating in your chest was written by love. Put down the pen that isn't yours.
The only life you can actually live is the one that starts when you stop pretending.
Drawing from
Gospel of Thomas, Sophia of Jesus Christ, Gospel of Mary
Verses
Sophia of Jesus Christ 93:5
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