The Dawn Is Not Here To Judge You
The sun is up, but the light in your chest feels dim under the weight of what you did. You believed a lie, and now you see the fracture in the one you love.
That terror—the feeling that you have broken something beyond repair—is not the final truth. It is the shadow of a story you told yourself.
The light was there before the lie, and it is there now, waiting for you to stop hiding. Do not let the shame convince you that you are defined by the mistake.
There is light within you, and it lights up the whole world. If you do not bring it forth, the silence will destroy you.
But if you speak the truth, what you bring forth will save you. The dawn is not here to judge you; it is here to show you that the night is over.
Drawing from
Gospel of Thomas, Gospel of Thomas
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