You Are Not The Mistake You Remember
The sun has gone down, and now the only light left is the one you are shining on that one sentence you said hours ago. You replay it on a loop, convinced that this single stumble proves you are a fraud.
But listen — the light that lives inside you came from a place where light generates itself, and it does not flicker because your words did. You are not the mistake you are remembering; you are the origin that holds it.
Go home to your own heart, to the quiet space where no accusation can reach, and tell the truth about what happened there. The voice that knows your name is not the one replaying the tape; it is the one calling you forward.
Drawing from
Gospel of Thomas 50, 1 John 3:19-20, Mark 5:19
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