Born Today?
A reading for your birthday. Gemini season.
Gods didn't mind atheists, if they were deep, hot, fiery, atheists like Simony, who spend their whole life hating gods for not existing. That sort of atheism was a rock. It was nearly belief ...
Terry Pratchett, Small Gods
You have been carrying something that was never officially yours to carry, and the weight of it has shaped how you move through your days without anyone acknowledging the load. There was no ceremony when you picked it up, no conversation about whether you wanted it, just the quiet recognition that someone had to and you were the one who would. What started as temporary caretaking became permanent stewardship, and now the thing you tend exists in the space between what everyone assumes and what no one discusses. The year ahead asks you to name this invisible work out loud, not to complain about it but to decide whether you want to keep doing it on purpose. Some duties grow more honest when they stop being accidents and start being choices.