You Are The Light That Holds Everything
The sun is rising, and with it comes the heaviest thought you have ever carried: that the world would breathe easier if you were gone. That your absence would be a gift to the people you love.
The night whispers that you are a burden too heavy to bear. But the morning light speaks a different truth.
There is a light within you that cannot be extinguished by your pain or your shame. It was there before the darkness arrived, and it remains now, untouched.
You are not the weight you feel. You are the light that holds everything together.
The dawn does not ask you to prove your worth before it shines on you. It simply arrives.
And in its arrival, it says: you belong here. The fear tells you that you are too much.
The light says you are exactly enough. Go gently into this day.
You are not a mistake to be corrected. You are a miracle being revealed.
Drawing from
Gospel of Thomas 24, Gospel of Thomas 3
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