Kathryn G. O’Brien, PhD
Foundational Essays | Reflections
Permission Arrives Quietly
Many people confuse clarity with certainty.
Or confidence.
Or emotional relief.
Or the temporary absence of doubt.
But clarity and feeling are not the same thing.
Symbolic Insight Reflection One
Sometimes clarity does not disappear.
It becomes buried beneath the version of reality that feels safer to maintain.
People often assume they are searching for an answer.
But many are actually trying to remain loyal to two incompatible truths at the same time.
