Clarity is Next to Godliness

Cleanliness/godliness?
Fuzzy wuzzy was a bear
Three qualities of clarity

I had to re-calibrate my printer today. When it ran it’s test sheet, it spit out a little image of a blurry parrot correcting to a clear parrot. It got me thinking… 😉

They say cleanliness is next to godliness but that’s always sounded less like God to me and more like a bunch of nuns with rulers ready to rap grimy knuckles. Perhaps it’s more accurate to say clarity is next to godliness. I think clarity is very compelling to the forces that bear sway in our lives.

What is clear is easily communicated. What is clear is far more easily manifested. Clarity is king, or queen, when it comes to goals, ideas, and projects. Fuzzy may be good for bears but it’s not so great inside your head. When your ideas are fuzzy, they take way too many words to explain and even then people aren’t sure what to make of them. Fuzzy products don’t find as many buyers. Fuzzy projects tend not to happen as successfully, if at all.

I’ve given a little thought to how we arrive at clarity. There’s much that could be said, of course, but today it seemed useful to share three qualities that lead to clarity.

Simplicity

Jewel wrote a good song with an interesting lyric called, “The more I live, the more I see: what’s simple is true, what’s simple is true.” It’s a love song, but the lyric is true not only of love, but of life. Your thoughts, your project or product, dream or goal, your passion, purpose, idea or wisdom are most true when you reach the center of their core simplicity.

Alignment

In an electronic circuit, alignment is the proper adjustment of the components of the circuit, to allow coordinated functioning. Between people, group nations, etc. alignment is a state of cooperation or agreement with a common cause, viewpoint or outcome. Applying the principles of alignment to all you wish to be, do, and communicate brings forth more clarity.

When what you propose is aligned within itself and when you are clearly aligned to it, the resulting clarity creates a compelling current.

Focus

Ideas with blurry outlines can’t hold attention in the same way that crisp, sharp and focused ones can. To achieve focus in your overall picture, it’s necessary to choose your focal point – the place where you center attention so your entire picture pulls you, and your viewer, into the picture in the best way. Focus extends a clear invitation to enter, and then allows exploration and discovery.

Simplicity, alignment and focus are three qualities that help lend clarity to everything, and clarity is like the rays of the sun breaking through the clouds on a rainy day, causing everything to sparkle and shimmer, bringing the possibilities of rainbows.

Let’s raise a glass (a crystal clear one!) together with a toast to more clarity in all our lives!

Much love to you,
Ma HuLiLi