𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐲—𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

What was the point of darkness if we’re just undoing it now?

Here’s a question that echoes through every soul that’s been cracked open by this planet:

𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑛?
𝑊ℎ𝑦 𝑏𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑑 𝑎 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑠? 𝑠𝑢𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔? 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑔𝑔𝑙𝑒—

just to spend lifetimes undoing it?

It’s tempting to say it was a mistake.

To blame it on fallen systems or corrupted codes.

But what if it wasn’t an error at all?

What if darkness was never the villain—
but the accelerant.

The compression that creates diamonds.
The friction that births fire.
The pressure that activates remembrance.

Because truthfully?

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 when it’s disrupted.

When comfort is shattered.
When illusions are exposed by impact, not intellect.

Darkness was the 𝑠𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑑 glitch.

Not to destroy us—
but to reveal what was never real in the first place.

It showed us where we were performing.
Where we were obeying.
Where we outsourced our power, our pleasure, our sovereignty.

It stripped us.
Burned us.
Refined us.

And now?

Now it’s done its job.

We are not erasing darkness.
We are not pretending it didn’t matter.
We are retiring it with 𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒.

Because the point was 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 to suffer forever.
It was to learn what pain teaches…
and then evolve beyond the 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 for it.

𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠.
𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

You are not betraying the mission by choosing peace.

You are fulfilling it.

Because once we remember who we are,
we don’t need the shadow to shape us.

We shape reality with 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞, not crisis.
We lead with 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲, not force.
And we heal not by fixing, but by 𝐧𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠.

Philosophy Friday Reflection (one day early because it’s too good not to share right the fuck now)

𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑙𝑜𝑦𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑛—because it taught you something 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒?

Can you thank it... and finally let it leave?

This is the sacred exit from struggle.

Not a rejection.
A completion.

The sun has risen.
And you're the one who brought the light.

With rebellion and reverence,

💜 Abi xoxo