Stop Rehearsing, The Light Sees You
The water is still running, but your mind is already rehearsing tomorrow's first hello. You practice the tone, the smile, the casual shrug that says 'I'm fine' when you are barely holding on.
You are building a mask so perfect that no one will suspect the cracking beneath. But the light does not need your performance to find you.
It sees the exhaustion behind the rehearsed greeting. It knows the weight you carry into the shower just to wash it off for a few hours.
You do not have to convince the darkness that you are okay. The light shines in the dark, and the darkness has not overcome it.
Your hidden struggle is not a barrier to the divine; it is the very place where the light is waiting to meet you, without the script, without the act. Stop rehearsing.
The one who knows your true name is already listening.
Drawing from
John, Gospel of Thomas
Verses
John 1:5
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