What is it about a light under a door that gets our attention? We can’t help being curious. Where’s the light coming from? Who (or what!) is behind that door? What’s going on in there?
A question is like that. It automatically beckons us from beyond. In fact, sometimes it’s better than an answer since an answer is a singular solution. Once we pick it--for better or worse--it’s our baby. But! A thoughtful question can spawn any number of children. Further, an answer--even if wrong--can give us a satisfying but false sense of security so we go with it. Settle for it. Maybe sell our souls for it.
Been there?
Of course, we need to critique our questions, too, since there are good ones, bad ones…and very bad ones. Good ones free up our imagination, take our creative juices offroad and literally open up our brain’s blood vessels. But bad ones, and especially very bad ones, send us into heart-sinking emotional freefalls.
Done that?
Never mind the answer, a good question itself tells us something we don’t already know. Like our favorite teacher, it both informs and inspires us. It broadens our experience while guiding us from the moment it sets our minds and (hopefully) our hearts in motion. Yes, at times it may feel like nagging. But what if it’s nudging?
Of course, the questions we ask say a whole lot about us, too--which can be another empowering line of inquiry. Feeling courageous, anyone?
In the meantime…a good question sheds its own light.
TODAY.
LET’S GIVE THE WORLD & OURSELVES A GIFT.
LET’S THINK ABOUT THE QUESTIONS WE ASK.
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