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Do I actually know what I want, or am I just waiting for life to sort it out for me?
Most of us move through the world with vague desires floating around in our minds. We say things like “I want things to get better” or “I want more abundance” or “I want to feel happier.”
There’s nothing wrong with that. That’s human. But it’s also foggy. It creates some static between where we are and what we’re calling in.
Clarity, on the other hand, is power. Clarity gives you direction. It’s a signal to both your mind and the universe that says, “Hey, this is where I’m headed.”
Manifestation doesn’t begin with magic. It begins with honesty. Radical, compassionate, no-evasion honesty. When you tell the truth about what you want—not what you think you should want, not what you used to want, not what you think is realistic—everything shifts.
The universe responds to clarity the same way a radio locks onto a specific frequency. When our desires are muddled, the signal is weak. When they’re crisp, the connection becomes unmistakable.
What do I actually want to experience?
Why this desire and not another?
How will it feel when this becomes real for me?
This is where clarity starts to build its momentum. From this kind of precision.
Instead of “I want more money,” try identifying what that money represents. Stability. Breathing room. Freedom. Instead of “I want a better job,” try imagining what “better” looks like in real time. The kind of work you do. The people around you. The way your nervous system feels the night before a workday. Are you waking up dreading the day or are you excited to get going?
When you shift from wanting to embodying, life starts to shift.
“I want a better job” keeps you in a perpetual loop of wanting.
“I am thriving in a role that challenges and excites me” tells your mind that this reality already exists, and your behaviors begin reorganizing accordingly.
Write it down. Speak it aloud. Let yourself feel it. Emotion is not decoration. It’s fuel. It’s the energetic force that carries intention into form.
And then, go deeper.
What are your non-negotiables?
What values are you done compromising on?
What boundaries support the version of you who receives this desire?
Your non-negotiables are your compass. They are the silent guardrails that keep you aligned when old patterns start whispering for you to settle.
And here’s where clarity gets even more interesting. Sometimes the hardest part of getting clear is confronting the fear that clarity brings. When you finally name what you want, you become aware of what’s not working, what you’ve outgrown, and what you can no longer pretend to tolerate. Clarity asks you to step out of the safety of ambiguity and into the vulnerability of specificity. It requires you to acknowledge your desires in full color. It invites you to leave the comfort of the known, even when the “known” is what’s comfortable.
This can feel tough at first, but it’s also where your personal power starts to rise. When you choose clarity over comfort, you signal to life that you’re ready for alignment. And life responds to that kind of courage. It starts clearing out what no longer fits and ushering in what does. The clearer you become, the quicker you notice the subtle shifts—the new opportunities, the intuitive nudges, the surprising synchronicities, all pointing in the direction of the future you’ve finally dared to claim.
Clarity also rewires your subconscious. When your intention is specific, your subconscious finally knows what to support. It stops scattering your energy across conflicting hopes and outdated beliefs. It gets on board. It starts filtering opportunities differently. You begin noticing the exact conversations, people, or nudges that help you move forward.
Clear intention is not just spiritual alignment. It is psychological alignment. It is choosing to become an active participant in your journey rather than a passive observer of your life.
And once you define your vision, let yourself lock it in.
What does this desire look like in detail?
What does it feel like in your body when it’s already true?
What timeline feels aligned and powerful, not pressured?
Feel it in your bones.
Feel it in your cells.
Feel it in the quiet knowing that says, “This isn’t a question anymore. This is the direction.”
When your intentions carry clarity and conviction, they stop being wishes.
They become inevitabilities.
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*Editor’s Note: Elephant Journal articles represent the personal views of the authors, and can not possibly reflect Elephant Journal as a whole. Disagree with an Op-Ed or opinion? We’re happy to share your experience here.
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It’s written in my marketing voice intentionally, because that’s what actually cuts through on social media. I want this to be shared, remixed, quoted, and carried forward.
Use my words. Post them. Turn them into graphics. Let them travel. I wrote this to be quotable on purpose, to spark conversation, and to move the anger and disgust people are feeling about what’s happening with ICE into action instead of numbness.
If you know me you know this. I don’t take time off, and I don’t have days off. I work in marketing, and I work tirelessly. Rain, sleet, snow, and holidays don’t mean anything to me.
I show up for my clients and my work no matter what.
But right now, I am showing up for this, and I have two questions that I genuinely cannot shake.
1. How many more people have to die at the hands of ICE, yes, the modern day gestapo?
2. How many more human beings, not immigrants, not “illegals,” not political talking points, have to be dragged into detention facilities that function as modern concentration camps before people are willing to actually confront what’s happening?
I’m directing this especially toward anyone who is still supporting ICE as it currently operates, still defending the actions of this administration, still minimizing the harm, or still insisting that this is somehow normal or acceptable. At some point, we have to stop hiding behind political identity and start reckoning with the human cost of what we’re endorsing or tolerating.
And yes, leadership matters, policy matters, and elections matter—but this is bigger than one president. It always is and always has been. Systems don’t become dangerous overnight. They become dangerous when enough people decide to look away, stay comfortable, or convince themselves that someone else will take responsibility.
Racism hurts everyone.
Patriarchy hurts everyone.
Classism hurts everyone.
Workers losing protections hurts everyone.
When the law protects power instead of people, the whole system rots from the inside, out.
This is why I’m vocal about this stuff. One crack lets the demons in. One loophole. One exception. One moment where we look the other way. And suddenly Pandora’s box is wide open and everyone’s acting shocked that the damage is everywhere.
This is literally how history keeps repeating itself. Not all at once and not in one dramatic movie moment, but slowly, quietly, legally, bureaucratically, with paperwork, policy language, and plausible deniability doing most of the dirty work. We don’t just jump-cut to the decay. This devolution toward a police state has been unfolding since Donald Trump’s first term.
Every generation thinks, “It can’t happen here,”…until it does.
I know most of the people on my socials already get this, and I’m probably preaching to the choir. But Elephant has a wide and diverse audience. And to the friends and followers who are still siding with the oppressor, or sitting comfortably in the middle, I’m asking you to actually look.
Not scroll past.
Not justify it away.
Not intellectualize it to death.
Just look at what’s happening to real humans.
I used to come in hot. Angry. Loud. Dramatic (I still am a little dramatic, let’s be real). But I’m not here to scream at you. I’m pleading with you.
Join the resistance. Join the mental load of caring about the future. Join the discomfort of wanting better instead of settling for familiar.
What’s been happening is not what we pledge our allegiance to.
We pledge allegiance to freedom, hope, equality, law that protects the people—not tyrants, not corporations, not power hoarders, not corruption—but to human dignity, and basic decency. It is wild that it even has to be said out loud, in 2026. But here we are.
Every generation gets tested. What will you tolerate?
James Baldwin said,
“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
MLK reminded us that injustice anywhere threatens justice everywhere.
Every revolutionary, saint, healer, prophet, and mystic has said some version of the same thing in every era. Evolve or repeat. Wake up or stay asleep. Choose courage or choose comfort.
It doesn’t matter what your religion or background is. Sow love, happiness, and kindness. If your beliefs don’t lead you there, you’re missing the point. But sowing love, happiness, and kindness does not mean inaction.
Love requires action, not just words.
Kindness requires ethical boundaries.
Happiness requires responsibility.
These aren’t vibes we can hide behind. These are choices we make and behaviors we live.
Being kind doesn’t mean being merely passive. It isn’t staying quiet. It isn’t letting harm slide because confrontation feels uncomfortable. Sometimes being kind means saying no. It means drawing a line.
It means refusing to normalize what is clearly wrong.
I say this because I know a lot of “love and light” people, a lot of “c’est la vie” types, a lot of “too busy” types, a lot of “I got mine” or “this doesn’t affect me” types. But listen, you can’t love-and-light your way out of a police state. You can’t spiritually bypass your way out of systems that harm real humans.
Sticking your head in the sand isn’t cute. Ignorance isn’t an aesthetic. If you choose to stay silent during this time, just know people will notice.
Peace without accountability isn’t peace at all. It’s complicity.
Let’s repeat that.
Peace without accountability isn’t peace at all. It’s complicity.
And if you’re already in this fight, stay loud, stay loving, and stay dangerous (in the good way, of course).
You’re not crazy.
We’re not crazy.
Yes, what you’re seeing is real. No, it’s not convenient to pause your workday, your bill-paying, your endless to-do list, your scrolling, your comfort, and your routine to actually look at this—but it is necessary.
We need people to stand up in whatever capacity you have. No act is too small and no voice is insignificant. A conversation. A whisper. A vote. A boundary. A dollar redirected. A dollar withdrawn. A refusal to keep feeding systems that profit from harm.
Starve the beast.
This doesn’t require perfection. It requires participation.
History is watching what we normalize. So are the generations coming after us.
If this makes you uncomfortable, good. Growth is uncomfortable. That’s your conscience stretching. And unlike a rubber band, it doesn’t snap back. Once you see this clearly, you don’t get to unsee it.
The idea that people can die in our streets at the hands of a government that’s supposed to protect them should never feel normal again.
It doesn’t require grand gestures or ideological purity. It requires participation, awareness, and a willingness to move out of comfort and into responsibility.
1. Learn and share “know your rights” information.
This is basic self-defense in a system that often relies on fear and confusion. When people know what they can and cannot be forced to do, power shifts. Talk about it. Share it. Normalize it.
You can start here:
Immigrant Legal Resource Center
National Immigration Law Center
2. Support immigrant advocacy groups, mutual aid networks, and legal defense funds.
If you have money, move it. If you have time, offer it. If you have skills, use them. Real support looks like legal help, food, housing, translation, rides, childcare, and showing up consistently, not just posting.
If you don’t know where to start, begin with these three types of groups, which exist in most communities:
>> Local immigrant rights organizations or coalitions
>> Community mutual aid groups
>> Immigration legal defense or bond funds
To find what’s near you, literally just Google:
>> “immigrant advocacy group near me”
>> mutual aid + your city”
>> immigration legal defense fund + your state”
3. Show up for peaceful protests, community meetings, and public forums.
Visibility keeps pressure on systems that benefit from silence and short attention spans. Bodies in rooms and voices in public spaces still matter.
4. Contact your elected officials and demand accountability.
Calls, emails, and town halls aren’t glamorous, but they work when enough people refuse to be quiet. Make it clear that human rights and due process are not negotiable.
If you don’t know who your representatives are, just Google:
>> “my local representatives”
>> “who represents me + my zip code”
Start with these three levels:
>> Your city council or mayor
>> Your state legislators
>> Your U.S. House representative and senators
You don’t need a perfect script. You just need to show up, be clear about what you care about, and keep showing up.
5. Support sanctuary spaces and community organizations.
These are the places holding real humans together when policy fails them. Churches, community centers, worker organizations, and nonprofits deserve protection, funding, and volunteers.
6. Bring this into your workplace, school, or organization.
Share resources. Ask better questions. Advocate for policies that protect people instead of punishing them for existing.
7. Have the uncomfortable conversations in your personal life.
Challenge casual cruelty. Interrupt harmful narratives. Stay principled when it would be easier to stay polite.
8. Pay attention to where your money flows.
Every dollar supports something. Choose intentionally. Withdraw support from systems that profit from harm whenever you have an alternative.
9. Vote, organize, and stay civically engaged.
Democracy only functions when people participate consistently, not just when it feels dramatic or convenient.
10. Stay informed without numbing yourself.
Care is a discipline. Pay attention, but don’t outsource your conscience to outrage cycles or algorithms.
None of this requires perfection; it just requires attention and intention.
Small actions compound. Conversations ripple. Visibility matters. Silence also speaks.
Don’t. Stay. Silent.
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