Headless Questions!!

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I was wondering that in life why we are just surrounded by so many questions and most of which remains painfully unanswered. We are constantly questioned by others and sometime we question our self as well. Sad and at times very irritating and sometime feel good that we posed the question which reveals a different dimension. When we look for a simple answer to a question, why is that by our action we just make it complicated?

We look at four scenarios and the last scenario I will let you to complete:

Scenario 1: @Workplace

At work place we are asked to constantly define what is important for us and after defining it, state how are we going about what we had defined as important to us. We are then measured on how and what we have been able to achieved against what we defined important in our statements. It becomes a monotonous and tiring cycle getting your mind constantly focused to the questions. The pressure and the stress to have an answer ready for the questions takes an invariably toll on the body.

Scenario 2: @Personal front

At personal front we are haunted and interrogated by the deadly “why” questions virus. Why are you late? Why do you have to go there? Why have you not done your home work? Why don’t you love me the way you use to love me before? (You are so screwed). If we seek an answer for a question, you will be snapped by a counter why question. Ok here is a test, try this out, politely ask your best friend of opposite sex, say a female in this case a personal question: “Do you have a boy friend?” Bang a counter question comes – “why?” “Why do you ask?”

Why - “why?” ??? is what I want to ask?

One can say yes or no or give it a pass but - No we will not get a straight answer! We will make it complicated by asking too many questions loosing the value of an honest and yet simple question. I know people might say at times there are hidden ulterior motive, I am sure you are smart enough to ignore. In return too many questions makes a relationship sour and folks stray away by wrongly interpreting the response. All that we are left with is set of purposeless questions.

Scenario 3: @home

Let us look at another scenario and this is hilarious, these questions are like as if they are fired endlessly from an automated rifle – at times funny and at times can be very annoying. Say you have a kid at home. The day the kid, understands the meaning and use of the why question – you had it. You have let loose the devil. For everything he will have a why question and if you are able to answer it then it will be topped up with another why question and another one. Dad! Why do we need to eat spinach? Coz it will make you strong man like Popeye the sailor man. Dad! Why do we need to be strong? I can go on and we will have a full list. We will be out of breath answering but he will still have all the energy to pound you with more. What do you think of these questions, if you are in the mood you will be happy respond to it all but if you are not in mood even a single question can be so annoying.

Scenario 4: @government

Well this needs no explanation and enough have been written in recent times. I leave to your best creative mind however will let you think on one question. Why do we have scam?

So what is the point in all this, well I find this questioning concept detestable. Why can’t we keep our life simple? Do we complicate our work life and interpersonal relationship by questioning the very question we are posed with? They say it brings in clarity in our thoughts. They also say it helps to find the real motive behind it. Well it brings suspicion along with it. I can go on what all they say.

We are quick to question and often take more time to give an answer.

Did Thomas Edison have his answer through questioning himself in quest of finding light? A small twist to his famous statement "Questioning is 1 percent inspiration, answering is 99 percent perspiration".

Question as seeker of knowledge and not a giver of judgment - Amit Chatterjee

I have to honestly admit that my best moment in life happened when I posed a question to an acquaintance of mine who responded to me with a counter “why” question. All I had to do is to respond back with a challenging response to which there was no answer. Life had a different meaning there after.

Keep it simple silly!