“If the path before you is clear, you’re probably on someone else’s.” – Carl Jung
There is comfort in a clear road. The turns are marked, the benches well placed, and even the café at the corner feels familiar. Most of us like that kind of certainty. It is safe and easy to explain.
But people who build new things rarely have that luxury. Their roads begin in fog, full of wrong turns and quiet doubt. Only later, looking back, does it seem straight.
There is nothing wrong with the tried and tested. The world needs people who keep the lights on. But for the builders and founders, clarity comes late. Sometimes very late.
New things rarely start with blueprints and spotlights. They start with someone walking through the unknown, one steady step at a time.
The Beauty of Not Knowing
Doubt is often a good sign. It means you are not on autopilot. It means you are creating something that does not yet have a name. Many mistake this fog for failure, when it is how good work begins.
Someone once said, “Trust the work, not the noise.” There is always noise. Advice, trends, confident predictions. But the work is what moves things forward. Keep your head down. Do the next small thing well. The rest sorts itself out.
Clarity is lovely, but it can also be a cage. When you know exactly where you are going, you stop noticing what else could be possible.
If the path ahead feels dim or uneven, do not panic. Keep moving. The map gets drawn by walking.
And one day, when you look back, you may see a trail that others have started to follow, one that existed only because you began before it was clear.
