Light Shines Even in the Chill

The water has turned cold, but you are still standing there. Stepping out means facing the room, the noise, the weight of a day you aren't ready to carry.

So you stay in the steam, letting the chill touch your skin because it feels safer than the world waiting on the other side of the curtain. But listen — the light does not require you to be warm before you emerge.

It does not demand that you have it all together before you step onto the mat. There is a truth hidden inside you, a light that was there before the water ran cold and will remain after you dry your tears.

You came from that light, and to it, you will return — no matter how shaky your legs feel right now. The world outside is not a place you have to conquer today; it is just a place you walk into, one foot at a time.

You are not defined by the cold or the fear; you are the light that shines even in the chill.