Value of Questions
When all of my questions will be answered I think the value of asking questions will be gone because for me the beauty of a question lies not only in the answers but also in the absence of answers.
In this sense though, I am also OPEN/HOPEFUL that others may have answers to my questions. And they too would have unanswered questions of their own that will be answered by others and so it goes.
I got to this kind of thinking because one friend asked me what my life plan is. And honestly, I don’t know. Haha. Yes, at 22 I don’t know what I want to do with my life. Then I’ve asked my mom about this too, what was she doing at 22 and she said she’s still in college that time [this is news to me though, I didn’t know she graduated at the age of 24]. So I asked her after graduation did she have a concrete plan for life? And her answer is no, she didn’t.
Maybe that’s how it’s supposed to be because this is still the stage of asking questions. I don’t know.
Then I get to thinking, what if I have answers to ALL of my questions, will I like that? Will I be happy about it? No, I don’t think so. Like what I’ve said, the value of forming questions, the beauty of the process of creating questions — ALL of these will be gone and for what end? Just so I could have all the answers? Will all the answers be worth it? After finding the answers, what’s next?
I mean yes, I don’t have answers to the questions that I’ve asked but there’s something beautiful there, something I can’t quite put into words. Maybe it’s the mystery of not knowing that appeals to me. Maybe the empty space of having no answers fills me with hope that I could put something there on my own. There’s that certain part that I don’t know but at the same time excites me. It’s also probable that I just like to chase something that is elusive and that I really don’t want my questions answered after all.
No matter the case, the fact still remains that we cannot have all the answers in life. If we do, then where’s the fun in living? How do we deal with these unanswered questions then? We think them. We tell the universe about them. We look for the answers. And then we wait.
