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Curious Life: Why, Why an Important Question to Ask
Especially when it’s directed inward
I’ve thought about questions and written about them several times before. The amazing thing about questions is, we never run out of them. Humans are obsessed with learning and understanding.
We begin asking questions nearly as soon as we can speak, and we never stop. There’s one question, in particular, that’s different from all the rest. One question we both love and loath. It haunts our minds when we’re confused and dazzles children. This question is only three letters long, but it’s all you need to discover anything you could ever want to know about yourself and the world you live in.
Why?
The Power of Questions
Good questions are the art of learning. The best ones are simple and open-ended — as in the answer is broader than a yes or no — and when asked at the right time, these questions create valuable experiences.
More than anything else in our lives, questions have a habit of becoming acute and troubling, like a constant knocking on your temple or the incessant scratching of your shirt’s tag. One might even argue that asking questions is more valuable than any answer one might receive.
