For whatever it is in your life that has you thinking, “I don’t even know where to start,” may you know that clarity doesn’t always happen all at once and it can come in small steps over time.
And here’s the thing, not everything has to happen in a perfect sequence.
Even in the places in your life that you long to be like a garden, “knowing where to start” doesn’t have to mean doing everything in a particular way, all at once, at all the time.
You can plant seeds in different spots, trying new approaches and learning from what you’ve tried.
You can work with the seasons, knowing that you can give energy to different things at different times.
You can tend to each plant as it grows, giving appropriate time to each as necessary.
You can let some areas rest, and come back to them later and let the soil just be, for a while.
You can continue to recognize over and over again that some things will take root faster than others, and that’s okay.
In many ways, the same can be true for finding clarity: allowing yourself to nurture different areas can help clarity take root, even if it feels slow at first. Keep planting and nurturing the garden you’re in (even if you don’t follow a linear step every day) and remember how beautiful things grow in different seasons. Some days, something might spring up in your day that leads to the “aha” moment where you say, “now it all makes sense” or “I know exactly what to do!” But in between those moments, you might have days where you simply say “That one detail feels a little clearer than it did before.” Or you could say, “I’m not as stuck on this one thing anymore…I think I’m ready to move on.” These may not seem like massive moments, but they are still moments of clarity, like tiny buds slowly emerging in your garden, quietly signaling growth, one small thing, one small moment at a time. – Morgan Harper Nichols
