Certainty is a mental construct designed to make us feel good. More bluntly, it’s a mental exercise to make us feel safe. Certainty is focusing on what we want or what we think we can get.

Certainty starts and ends with two words: I know. From experience, I’ve learned that those are the two most dangerous words I can utter. Do we really know? Maybe, maybe not so much.

Clarity, on the other hand, is the emergence of vision that frees us from confusion—an understanding that requires no further explanation. The exactness of clarity can be both exhilarating and terrifying.

Clarity is when we know we don’t have all the answers, but we still know what to do. And we do it anyway. Clarity focuses on contribution, not outcome.

The most rewarding contributions are made for fun and for free, with no strings attached. True gifts of clarity—they are given because they are indicated, not because we seek return or certainty.

Giving without expectation won’t bring certainty, but it will offer clarity.

What contribution can you make, for fun and for free, just because?