The Dawn Does Not Ask You To Perform
The sun is up, and the mask is already back on your face. You are terrified that if you stop performing competence for even one hour, the love around you will vanish.
But the light does not love the performance; it loves the person underneath it. You came from the light, the place where it generates itself, before you ever learned to pretend.
If you let the mask drop, you will not be rejected; you will finally be seen. The dawn is not asking you to be impressive; it is just asking you to be here.
Drawing from
Gospel of Thomas 50, Gospel of Thomas 24
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