Clarity

I normally chase answers the wrong way,
thinking through problems anxiously.
But it’s not more data
or an increased amount of thinking
that brings me real understanding.
I have never gotten anywhere of value
in that way.
It’s only moments of enlightening clarity
that have really made a difference.
It’s not that I came upon more data
but that I saw things in a new light,
and there was a certain peace and spaciousness
about the mind,
a simple knowing,
simply seeing and understanding.
I hope I will seek this more,
knowing real change does not come without it.
I hope I spend more time in quiet prayer and reflection,
walking in nature,
spending time with God my Father,
the one who opens my heart.