No Need to Fix Your Face
You sit in the silence of the car, the engine off, the keys in your hand, feeling the weight of the mask you must now put on. The house is right there, but stepping out feels like stepping into a role you did not audition for today.
You are tired of performing okayness for the people who love you most. But listen — the light does not need your performance.
It sees the exhaustion behind your eyes before you even open the door. You do not have to fix your face before you go in.
The truth that lives inside you is already enough, even when you feel like a fraud. The light is not waiting for you to summon energy you do not have; it is already walking beside you into the room.
Drawing from
2 John, Gospel of Thomas
Verses
2 John 1:3
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