The best compliment anyone ever gave me was that I ask good questions. It was from a high school friend. We were driving from New Orleans to Shreveport, Louisiana, after meeting up for a guys weekend. We had a lot of time in the car, and since we hadn’t seen each other in a while I just did what I normally do: I asked questions.
A lot of them.
I love asking questions. I don’t consider myself a very smart guy. I’m sure to some people that comes across as faux humility, but it’s true. Instead of being “smart,” I simply ask questions. A lot of them. Because the truth is, there’s a lot that doesn’t make sense to me and questions help me figure things out.
I think questions, then, are the key to unlocking a lot in life. A lot about us, a lot about others, and a lot about God. Maybe it’s no wonder that when my therapist over the last year said that the key to getting to the root issues behind my alcohol addiction was curiosity, I felt relieved: “Well, I can definitely do that.”
So today, when I was doing my morning abiding time, I came across 10 questions that I think hold the key to life. That’s a bold statement. I know. But these questions are that good and that important. They are about what really matters. I want to share them with you and I want you to wrestle with them. Like, really wrestle with them. And be honest.
See, here’s the thing about questions: too many times we fudge the answers. We lie to others and we lie to ourselves. By doing that, we miss out on so much.
Please, don’t give the “Sunday school” answers. Give your honest answers, even if they’re filled with frustration. God already knows, but there’s something that happens internally when we admit what’s really going on inside.
So here are the 10 questions I want you to ask yourself. I’d suggest writing down the answers and then stepping back and giving them time to sink in. Let’s begin.
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