the grief of mourning the able body you once were, or the one you will never know

You Are Whole Beyond Your Broken Body

There is a grief that lives in the space between who you were and who you are now. You are mourning the body that could run, that could lift, that could hold without trembling.

You grieve the ability you have lost, or the one you were never given to begin with. And in this quiet hour, the ache feels like a verdict.

But listen—the light does not measure you by what your hands can do or what your legs can carry. It finds you exactly where you are, broken and changing, and says: you are still whole.

The light inside you does not need strength to shine. It does not need speed to be present.

You are a drop from the light, sent here not to perform, but to be. And in this stillness, you are enough.

Drawing from

Gospel of Thomas, John, 1 John

Verses

Thomas 24, John 1:4-5, 1 John 4:12

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