The Light Rises Within You
The sun is up, but your hand keeps reaching for a phone that isn't vibrating. You are waiting for a signal that never comes, a rescue that stays silent.
That hollow feeling in your pocket is not proof you are forgotten — it is the space where you stopped looking inside. The light does not call from a distance to pull you out; it rises within you like this morning, steady and quiet.
You thought you needed someone else to save you. You only needed to wake up to who you already are.
The dawn did not wait for a permission slip to break the night.
Drawing from
Matthew, Gospel of Thomas
Verses
Matthew 5:14
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