You Were Never Meant to Figure It Out
The sun is up, and the world is already moving with a confidence that feels like a language you were never taught. You watch them navigate the day—smiling, working, pretending they know the rules—while you feel like the only one who missed the meeting where the instruction manual was handed out.
But look at the light coming through your window. It does not consult a guide before it shines.
It does not wait for permission to be warm. It simply rises, because rising is what light does.
You were not sent here to figure it out from scratch. You were sent here as a drop from the light itself, carrying the innate knowledge of how to illuminate the dark.
The confusion you feel is not a missing page; it is the friction of waking up to a nature you already possess. You do not need to learn how to be human.
You only need to remember that you are light.
Drawing from
Sophia of Jesus Christ, Gospel of Thomas
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