The Trinity of Clarity

In front of my glass desk, I sit, in a self-exiled (of sorts) pondering about what it is I should write about next, and my thoughts are stolen away from me by the constant pounding of my heart inside my left ear as a result of hearing loss resulting from a significant build up of wax down in the bottom of my ear canal and was expertly ignored until the build up of wax took away a good portion of my ability to hear and actually hear correctly because now when I hear, I hear partially while at the same time been accused of only hearing what I want to hear, and in my reassuring ways have tried to convince otherwise but to no avail.

There is nothing more annoying than losing one's hearing when at home with one's wife because wives are notorious for thinking that husbands do not hear correctly intentionally and are never in any kind of spiritual mood to accept any other type of explanation, no matter how valid... and, asking her (the wife that is) to syringe into my ear a mixture of vinegar and water in the hopes of clearing out the wax is just a clever game that I am playing because I have been caught, yet again, not listening.

So, here I am sitting at my glass desk, in front of my computer, trying to think of an article when my mind is drifting into this wax in the ear funk that for some reason, has been given this power by me, to rob me of all my thoughts.

But, I know that waiting will not clean out the wax either and I am not in a position nor in the correct mood to try and irrigate out my ear by using this syringe and this vinegar and water solution. Hell, I don't even know if this vinegar and water solution will work on my ear canal... it is one of those magical mystery treatments that my wife found somewhere that she prefers to try out on me first.

And, for some reason, my thoughts turn to an earlier age and my father telling me to eat all of my food because of all the starving people all over the world who have nothing to eat... well, if they have nothing to eat, why then am I eating this “stuff” when I should be sending it to them? But, I wonder now, how many of these starving people also have a loss of hearing due to a build up of wax in their ear canals? And, if they do, should I care more about them than my own loss of hearing? Beside, I don't even think this analogy fits, I tell myself.

All of a sudden, I look out my window (with my eye glasses on) and the view outside this window looks blurry, so I take my glasses off and it looks better... more clear, I should say... then I put on/take off my glasses several times in a row looking at this view outside my window and I decide to leave my glasses off and go back to my typing.... GO BACK TO MY TYPING... without wearing glasses... I have not been able to do that for years...

My cataract surgery that I had on Monday and the subsequent multi focal lens implant to correct my vision is WORKING... I'll be damn.

My goodness, I completely forgot all about my clogged up ear canal...

We have 5 basic senses:

1. sound
2. sight
3. touch
4. smell
5. taste

I would think that touch, smell, and taste are subordinate to the other 2 in just about every single case involving human actions or interactions, as we must be able to hear and see... and, when these 2 are combined with the mind... then, I would suggest that we have,

THE TRINITY OF CLARITY

This Trinity of Clarity is something that happens quite naturally but is seldom harvested by human beings to supplant their thought processes.

We all know that hearing is critical to effective and efficient communications and that over 90% of all the problems that exist in the world of business revolves around the fact that there has been a communications break in some form or another. This breakdown, I would surmise, is more often attributed to the lack of hearing than it is to the lack of speaking effectively. As stated above, people are oftentimes accused of hearing only what they want to hear.

We all know that sight and/or seeing is critical to be able to master almost all activities where sight is an essential ingredient and I can only think of a few instances where sight is not critical, just as talking on the phone or listening to books on tape, or listening to music for that matter. Sight adds confirmation to what is being communicated in that a “picture is worth a 1000 words.” And, the general rule of thumb is that there are typically 250-300 words/page so we are talking about 3-4 pages worth of communications.

And, there is CLARITY (as in 3 – 2 – 1 liftoff) when the mind brings hearing and sight online, the result is nothing short of a miracle when fusion occurs by the right person... and while taste might help, it is not really necessary... and while feeling might help, it is not really necessary... and while smelling might help, it also is not really necessary to initiate the positive energy with excites the body into action; although, those actions are not always positive in nature but even so that does not negate the clarification that is generated.

All three must be in perfect balance and in perfect harmony (in sync as a technician might say) in order for the clarification to take place and be experienced.

We can see this on the baseball field with Willy Mays, on the basketball court with Michael Jordan, on the tennis courts with Jimmy Connors and in business with Steve Jobs, Jack Welch, and Indra Nooyi. And, as you well know, there are many, many more.

Clarity is not just a state-of-mind even though it may result or end up as a state-of-mind, it is a singularity of purpose that prompts focused action, but not so much premeditated intention because it may happen on the spur of the moment... as in that point-in-time when I realized I no longer needed my classes. There was a moment or two of uncertainty, followed by checks and double checks and then swift and decisive action, that can only be brought about by,

THE TRINITY OF CLARIFICATION