09/22/2026
There's a candle inside you.
Not one you have to light. Not one you have to earn the right to light. It was already burning the moment you arrived here, before a name was given to you, before anyone told you who you were or weren't, what you deserved or didn't.
For a long time, I thought my job was to go find that flame. Chase it down. Prove I was worthy of it. Work hard enough, be good enough, finally earn my way back to it.
But here's what I know now, and I know it a little more certainly every single day: the flame was never gone. I was just the one who closed my eyes to it.
Every story that told you otherwise - too much, not enough, too late, too broken, too tired to start now that story was never the fire. It was only a hand cupped over your eyes. And a hand over your eyes can feel very convincing. It can feel like darkness itself. But it was never the absence of light. It was only ever a hand, and a hand can always be lowered.
This is what I mean when I talk about your inner glow. It's not something you build from nothing. It's not a reward waiting at the end of enough effort. It's already lit, right now, exactly as you are and the only real work is remembering how to open your eyes to it.
I made a short meditation to sit with this, just a few minutes, a way to practice opening your eyes to what's already burning.
Meet me there when you're ready by tapping “GLOW”in comments. I’ll send you a link to it.
So much love
Eva-Marie🕯️
Your Inner Glow Hub