The Dawn Did Not Wait For You
The sun is up, and the first thing you did was reach for your tools. You started building the case for why you deserve to be here today.
You are terrified that if you stop working for it, the light will notice your idleness and quietly evaporate. But look at the window.
The dawn did not wait for you to earn it. It arrived while you were still asleep, still useless, still unfinished.
The light does not operate on a contract of performance. It operates on the nature of the source.
You are not holding the love up by your effort; the love is holding you. Stop building.
The sun is already in the room.
Drawing from
Matthew, Gospel of Thomas
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