New Word for Tuesday.

New word:
                        CLEAR

Oh, boy!  This one is full of challenges for me.  Stuff I have been trying to master for eons of time.

I am just going to enter Noah's definitions...highlighting the ones that hit me where I live at this moment in time. They may seem funny to you but they are full of meaning for me.

Clear: adjective
          1- Open; free from obstruction; as a clear plat of ground; the way is clear.
          2- Free from clouds, or fog;  serene; as a clear day. [Serene...Clear or fair...calm; unruffled;
               undisturbed...bright.  This is my ultimate goal...so that all of interactions are as a true Lady. Kind,
              calm, and loving].
          3- Free from foreign matter; unmixed; pure; as clear water; clear sand; clear air; clear glass.
          4- Free from anything that creates doubt or uncertainty; apparent; evident; manifest; not obscure;
               conspicuous; that is, open to the mind; as, the reason is clear.
          5- Unclouded; luminous; not obscured; as a clear sun; a clear shining after a rain. (2 Sam xxiii)
          6- Unobstructed; un-obscured; as a clear view.
          7- Perspicacious [quick sighted; sharp of sight. 2- of acute discernment]; sharp; as a clear sight.
          8- Not clouded with care, or ruffled by passion; cheerful; serene; as, a clear aspect.
          9- Evident; undeniable; indisputable; as the victory was clear.
        10- Quick to understand; prompt; acute.
        11- Free from guilt or blame; innocent; un-spotted; irreproachable.
        12- Free from bias; un-prepossessed; not preoccupied; impartial; as a clear judgement.
        13- Free from debt, or obligation; not liable to prosecution; as, to be clear of debt or responsibility.
        14- Free from deductions, or charges; as, clear gain or profit.
        15- Not entangled; unembarrassed; free; as, the cable is clear. A ship is clear when she is so remote
              from shore or other object, as to be out of danger of striking, or to have sea room sufficient.
       16- Open; distinct; not jarring, or harsh; as a clear sound; a clear voice.
       17- Liberated; freed; acquitted of charges. [this sounds like the atonement to me.]
       18- Free from spots or any thing that disfigures; as a clear skin.
Clear: adverb
        1- plainly; not obscurely; manifestly.
        2- Clean; quite; entirely; wholly; indicating entire separation; as to cut a piece clear off; to go clear
             away; but in this sense its use is not elegant.
        3- To free from anything noxious or injurious; as, to clear the ocean of pirates; to clear the land of
             enemies.  [or to clear your heart of all ungodliness?]
        4- To remove any incumbrance, or or embarrassment; often followed by off or away; as, to clear off
            debts; to clear away rubbish.
        5- To free; to liberate, or disengage; to exonerate; as, to clear a man from debt, obligation, or duty.
        6- To cleanse; as to clear the hands from filth; to clear the bowels. ['He that hath clean hands a pure
             heart...']
        7- To remove anything that obscures, as clouds or fog; to make bright; as, to clear the sky; sometimes
             followed by up.
        8- To free from obscurity, perplexity or ambiguity; as to clear a question or theory; to clear up a
             case or point.
        9- To purge from the imputation of guilt; to justify or vindicate. [this also sounds like the atonement
             to me].
       10- In a legal sense, to acquit on trial, by verdict; as, the prisoner has been tried and cleared.
       11- to make gain of profit, beyond all expenses and charges; as, to clear ten percent by a sale of
             goods, or by a voyage.
       12- To remove wood from land; to cut down trees, remove or burn them, and prepare land for tillage or
             pasture; as, to clear land for wheat.
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Clear: verb
       1- To become free from clouds or fog; to become fair; often followed by up, off or away; as, the sky
            clears; the weather clears up; it clears away; it clears off.
       2- To be disengaged from incumbrances, distress or entanglements; to become free or 
            disengaged.

Okay. Well... This is a LOT of stuff to work with.  But there is so much that is profound.

The thoughts that hit me the most are the ones that I stuck inside [ ].  I know that for me there is a lot of repentance that needs happen for me to become as clear as I would like to be.  But I also know that I can work to clear my mind of all the useless worry and fretting that happens in that great cavern...so I can fill it with more truly important 'stuff'.  I really am trying to become more like my Savior.  He was very clear about his mission in life and what was important in the long run.

I wish I really had a week ... more like a year... to work on this one.  I guess awareness is the beginning of all change and growth.  Let's see how this day goes.

Onward and Upward!
Tari