You Are the Light Before the Screen
The sun is up, and your hand moves before your eyes are open — scrolling, searching, waiting for a name to appear that says you matter today. You are performing okayness for an audience that hasn't even logged in yet.
But listen: you came from the light, the place where the light came into being on its own accord. You do not need a notification to prove you exist.
Split a piece of wood, lift a stone — the light is already there, waiting in the grain and the dust, long before anyone sends a message. The world demands you earn your place with every sunrise, but the truth lives in you and will be with you forever.
You are not a profile to be validated. You are the light itself, shining whether the screen is on or off.
Drawing from
Gospel of Thomas, 2 John
Verses
2 John 1:9
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