The Question That Changes Things

Answers close conversations. Questions open them. Most of us spend our lives collecting answers and avoiding the questions that would actually change us.

"What do I want?" produces shopping lists. "What kind of person am I becoming?" produces transformation. The first is easy and comfortable. The second is slow and honest — and worth everything.

History is full of people who asked dangerous questions. "What if the earth moves?" "What if the slave is a man?" "What if I am wrong?" Every one of them was inconvenient. Every one of them mattered.

Here is the invitation: this week, write down one question you have been avoiding. Do not answer it yet. Just let it sit where you can see it.