Clear?

Some years ago Professor John Kavanaugh went to Calcutta to work with Mother Teresa, and to seek a clear answer to how he should spend the rest of his life. On the first morning he was there, Mother Teresa asked him “What can I do for you?” Kavanaugh asked her to pray for him. “What shall I pray for?” Kavanaugh thought of his wrestling over what to do with his future. “Pray that I have clarity,” he said. Mother Teresa said firmly, “No. I will not do that.” She said, “Clarity is the last thing you are clinging to and you must let go of.” It seems that Kavanaugh was a little argumentative…though I don’t know exactly how you argue with Mother Teresa! Anyway, Kavanaugh observed out loud that SHE always seem to have the clarity she needed. And Mother Teresa laughed and said, “Actually, I have never had clarity; what I have always had is trust. So I will pray that you trust God.”