Questions...No Answers?


 Kids have questions.  It seems as though they are natural curious.  (And sometimes annoying.)  That's a great thing.  They want to know why.  They want to know more.  It seems like they are craving education.  Excellent!

As we get older, it seems to me that we ask less questions.  Maybe we are embarrassed.  Maybe we are ashamed about the things we don't know.  Confession:  I have been reluctant to ask questions as I'm afraid they will make me look "stupid."  Or that I will be subject to ridicule.  I shouldn't be.  Seeking answers, education or clarification should never be looked down on.  Even if you think the person should know the answer.  Or perhaps they did know the answer, but have forgotten.  It is the brave person who asks.  It is the courageous person who wants to be education, who wants knowledge.

So I've got questions and I'm putting them out here, not for ridicule, but because I want answers.  I may get them.  I may not, but I'm throwing it out there.  I'm being brave.  (And I'm NOT a brave person.)

Some of my questions may seem silly.  Like this first one, where are my socks?  I know this is a quest for many.  You throw socks in the washing machine with the rest of the laundry.  You throw everything in the dryer.  When everything comes out and you start folding and putting away, socks are missing.  Where do they go?  

I know there are some possibilities...I've had socks get sucked up into hose and has gotten stuck.  Or been spit out into the laundry basin.  It's fallen on the floor somewhere.  Maybe when I was putting items in the machine (and it's gotten hidden by all the other crap that is in my basement) or maybe it was when I was pulling them out.  Maybe it's gotten caught up on another piece of laundry and I don't see it until I finally use that pair of underwear, shirt or whatever.  Maybe it's gone into the twilight zone.  

Don't laugh, that may be an actual answer because sometimes I put socks away as a pair and then when I go into the drawer there is no pair.  Where did it go?  I take out the entire contents of the drawer.  No match.  I toss the unmatched sock away and weeks later the match appears in the drawer.  There might be portal to another sock drawer?

Or where did my hair clip go?  This tiny piece of plastic that actually worked really well with my thin hair has vanished.  I put it on the top of the set of drawers where I various "junk" is held in the bathroom.  When I went in the bathroom the next morning it was gone.  And yes, I looked everywhere I could and it's just gone.  It's really a meaningless little nothing, but where is it?  If it turns up in a month or so, I just may freak out.  (I actually want to freak out because I really want that tiny piece of plastic back.)

Of course these questions are trivial when it comes to other questions that I've got such as:

  •  Why wouldn't you want to get vaccinated to prevent diseases such as measles mumps, etc.? Especially when these vaccinations have nearly eradicated said diseases. Why would you want to bring back measles? Why would you want to risk polio? Why wouldn't you choose to protect yourself and your family? And if you did have questions about vaccinations, why wouldn't you consult a medical expert? I don't have a medical background, so I'm not one to come to for advice, but I know where to find trustworthy advice.  I mean you wouldn't ask a chef how to repair  your car, would you?  (Unless that chef happens to be an automobile expert as well.) 
  • Who wouldn't want to release the "Epstein List?"  Shouldn't we know who pedophiles and abusers are?  Might it be painful to find out the leaders from all walks of life might be such people?  Will it be shameful to friend and family members?  But still, don't we deserve to know?  Don't we NEED to know?  Shouldn't we support those who have been abused?  

Now some of my questions may seem frivolous, and other dark and deep.  Whatever they are, I want to find answers.  Knowledge is power.  (Maybe that's what scares some people from asking questions.  Maybe that's what scares some people from answering questions.)  Ever single person deserves that power.  So don't be afraid, ASK.  Keep asking.  Knowledge IS power...Let us all be powerful.

 

 





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