Questions (May 20)

There comes a day in school when you ask your teacher, "Can I go to the bathroom?" And the response back is, "I don't know, can you?" After looking at her with a confused look on your face she tell you that you have not asked the right question and that instead, and from now on, you need to ask, "May I go to the bathroom?" It may seem like a simple rephrasing of the question, but it makes a big difference. At many points in our lives we are left to ask questions. Much of the time it is simply finding the right question to ask that is most important. In the remake of the movie I-Robot with Will Smith, the doctor who is murdered has left a holographic message for Smith's character. It is really his only chance to solve the mystery. The funny thing about that message is the only response that is really helpful, and appears not to be helpful at the time is the response, "That is the right question." While life may not always be a mystery to solve as it was in this film, the reality is that the process through life does require us to ask the right questions. To be able to have something or someone telling us that we are asking the right questions is extremely valuable. If you are simply asking the questions without that you could lead yourself in many wrong directions.