The Sun Arrives Without Permission
The sky is lightening, but for you, the dawn feels less like a promise and more like a demand. The old structures are gone, the ruins cleared, and now you stand in the terrifying freedom of having to build something new from scratch.
It is easy to wish for the cover of night again, where you could hide in what you used to be. But look at the horizon.
The rising sun does not ask your permission to break the dark; it simply arrives, tender and inevitable. You do not have to know the whole map of this new life by breakfast.
You only need to see the ground directly beneath your feet. The light is not waiting for you to be perfect; it is guiding your next single step into the path of peace.
Drawing from
Luke, Sophia of Jesus Christ
Verses
Luke 1:78-79, Sophia of Jesus Christ 100:1-5
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