Why?

We are born with an innate sense of curiosity. Our early world is filled with questions usually beginning with "Why?" Why is the sky blue? Why does my sister go to school and I have to stay home? Why do I always have to go to bed early? By the time we are four those questions start to decline in numbers. We have either learned what the answers are or are no longer encouraged to ask. "Quit asking so many questions" tells us that when we continually question, it becomes irritating to those around us. Our natural curiosity begins to wane. We become resigned to accepting life at face value. Yet it is our natural curiosity that motivates us to think beyond the moment. We look at current circumstances and wonder what it would take for them to be different. Perhaps we ask ourselves why so many people are homeless and what we might do to change that. Or we look at the amount of waste being dumped into our oceans and are determined to find ways to correct that. Those would be major applications of our curiosity. It could be as simple as asking why people aren't kinder to one another and deciding to practice acts of kindness on a daily basis. What are the "whys" you can ask today and how can your answers make a difference in the world around you?