Quotes About Clarity

My aunts taught me that sometimes when the world is too much, when life starts to feel overwhelming, we must strip away what's unnecessary, seek out the quiet, and listen to the dirt and trees. "All the answers you seek are there, but only if you are willing to hear them.

I like to think of it as fighting for the light rather than fighting against the dark. It's easier to fight for something, rather than against it. You light a candle when you want to see; you don't try to put out the night.

My aunts taught me that sometimes when that world is too much, when life starts to feel overwhelming, we must strip away what's unnecessary, seek out the quite, and listen to the dirt and trees. All the answers you seek are there, but only if you are willing to hear them.

I learned a long time ago that tears don't save lives. All they do is blur your vision.

We know more than we can tell.

You completely turned the world about. It is like paddling along in a canoe and suddenly being capsized—except that as soon as the boat upends, you realize that you'd been paddling along upside down and never realized it because you could breathe and see. And until you take a real breath of air, see what everything looks like without the water distorting the view, you believe that the upside-down world is the way things are. But you tipped me over.

If you can't get peaceful about a decision, let it go. It's not time to make it yet. Wait until your mind is consistent and your emotions are calm.

Today, I will wait if the way is not clear. I will trust that out of the chaos will come clarity.

We can ask for information and use words to forge a closer connection, but we don't have to take people around the block with our conversations. We don't have to listen to, or participate in, nonsense. We can say what we want and stop when we're done.

It isn't the head that sees clearly, nor does the head always see with love. Often, it sees with eyes of fear. The heart sees clearly. It balances the mind and emotions. It takes what's real and processes it into truth, then into action.

Say what we mean, and mean what we say. If we don't know what we mean, be quiet and think about it. If our answer is, "I don't know," say "I don't know." Learn to be concise. Stop taking people all around the block. Get to the point and when we make it, stop.

There is little in our lives we need to do that we cannot do better if we are peaceful.

Learn the words: "This is what I need from you. This is what I want from you.

Not two things at once, but one thing done in peace.

in the heat of the moment, we can slow down and ask ourselves these questions: • Why is the other person acting this way? What does he need? • Why am I acting this way? What do I need? • Is there some way we could solve the problem and meet both our needs? • Is there an underlying common need? The more emotionally charged the situation, the more we need to stay focused on our goals.

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.

The codependents in my life didn't understand me, and the misunderstanding was mutual. I didn't understand me, and I didn't understand them.

Inventory Focus: Instead of berating yourself for not knowing something you don't or can't see, are you willing to be gentle with yourself while you wait for clarity?

When you learn to be aware and relax into the ordinary, it will be easier to relax in the stressful moments when you need clarity and focus.

Make life easier for you.

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.

When you're doing what's right for you, it's okay to it once, simply, and then refuse to discuss anything further.

Yeah, well, that's what you said the last time it did this, and it was doing it that time too,' Tiercel said waspishly. Clear as mud,' Harrier muttered.

Answers are terribly seductive. The simpler they are, the more seductive they become.