Questions
Inquisitiveness can be best described as: asking questions, having an eagerness for knowledge, being intellectually curious, and having a mind prone to critical thinking. People ask questions. It's what we humans do! We are a thoughtful people and we want to know as much as we can. I ask questions every day because I love to learn, and because I desire to set straight any misconceptions I might have.
Questions are very interesting though; sometimes a simple question can lead a person to commit to being with another, and end up creating life! Sometimes, one question leads to another, and a simple German scientist can figure out that the rest mass of an object, multiplied by the square of the speed of light, is the amount of energy stored in that object (This is true by the way, the equation is E=mc^2 and according to it, one helium atom could power a school). Questions, questions, questions. Here is a list of twenty that could change your life:
1. Who am I?
2. Why am I here?
3. Where did I come from?
4. Where will I go once I pass?
5. What is the soul?
6. What is love?
7. What is hatred?
8. What is your name?
9. How are you?
10. Would you like to hang out?
11. Would you like to go on a date?
12. Will you marry me?
13. Will we have kids?
14. Daddy/Mommy, where do babies come from?
15. Who are you?
16. What is right and what is wrong?
17. Would you like fries with that?
18. Do you have a price-plus card?
19. How much more time do I have left here?
20. I want can do it, but will I do it?
The first and last are my favorites; a person is defined by both their actions, and their aspirations. Sometimes, a good person cannot do what the aspire to do, however, that does not change the fact that they are a good person. As for the last question, I ask myself that before every difficult event or endeavor I will embark on. Whether it be "Will I run a 58 second 400 hurdles?" or "Will I complete this ten page lab report by the due date?" I understand the difference between "can' and "will." In life, that can make all the difference.
I love this post. Your reflection on one's ability to aspire to be rather than actually just being! "I can," and "I will" are very different and, though they are each only a two word phrase, very powerful. =D
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