Your Silence Is a Shelter Not a Weapon
The sun has gone down, and now the quiet feels heavy with the words you didn't say after you finally said no. You are apologizing for the silence that followed your boundary, as if your stillness was a weapon instead of a shelter.
But the light does not require you to explain your exhaustion to anyone. There is a peace inside you that does not need to be defended with speech.
When you stopped talking, you were not being cruel; you were finally listening to the truth that had been whispering all along. The silence was not empty.
It was full of the one thing you needed most: your own soul, coming back to you.
Drawing from
John 16:33, Gospel of Thomas 3
Verses
John 16:33
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