The Light Sees Your Hidden Cracks
The sun is up, the coffee is brewed, and you are smiling at your coworkers like nothing happened. But you know. You know that last night, you came apart in a room no one else could see. The shame is not just the breakdown—it is the silence that followed it. The realization that everyone you love thinks you are fine. That you are holding it together. That the mask fits so well, no one knows to ask if it hurts.
But the light does not need your performance. It sees the cracks behind the eyes. It knows the weight of the smile you are wearing right now. You do not have to explain the night to the morning. The truth of who you are is not hidden by your silence.
There is light within a person of light, and it lights up the whole world—even the parts you try to keep in the dark. The kingdom is already here, spread out beneath your feet, even while you pretend to be someone else. You are not fooling the light. It is waiting for you to stop pretending, so it can hold the real you.
Drawing from
Gospel of Thomas 24, Gospel of Thomas 113, 1 John 3:19-20
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