Heart Pocket Word for the Day is Question!

The word from my heart pocket is Question.

It is? Is it right to question everything? Should I accept some things just as they are? Am I questioning too much? Will this person be offended if I question what he believes? Is questioning the same as doubting?

We could ask questions until the cows come home. And then we could ask them where they've been ...?

Questioning is one of the greatest learning tools available to us as human beings. We learn how to question when we are allowed to ask questions as children and by observing others who ask questions. 

Which way do I go? What should I do now? How does this work? Why is the sky blue and the grass green? Who are you? Are we there yet?

Questions are a beautiful form of communication. When used as tools for learning, there can never be too many. Ask any scientist or reporter or detective or psychiatrist. Ask mommies and daddies. Ask children. Ask yourself.

Doubting is different from questioning and sometimes it is thinly disguised. A person can move from question to doubt if the circumstances are right and vice versa. They come from different attitudes. Doubt is timid. Questioning is confident. Doubt is dependent. Questioning is independent. Timidity can move into confidence through questioning when the intention is to grow stronger and learn. Questions help us discern and choose. Questions are essential to decision making and movement. Questions are a playful part of learning and work best when treated with both humor and respect.

Being allowed to question is a great gift. Not being allowed has to do with control and fear and ignorance. 

Ask and answer questions today. Listen to the ones asked of you. See the world with questioning in mind: How, What, Where, Who, When, Why and all the rest?

Find out all you can!