Ever wanted to just go around and ask "Why?" Why is the sky blue? Why is math so utterly pointless? Why does my life seem beautiful one moment and completely mundane the next? Why doesn't Shocks just get on with it? Why? Why?
I don't fancy myself a philosopher. I like to think of myself as more of a toddler, crawling about on her hands and knees, looking up at the huge, disproportionate world and asking "Why?" Whys are good. Whys tell you more than just information, they relate to your own self. Almost every Why you ask asks you another question: Why did you ask in the first place? What part of your character wanted to know that?
A person we classify as "carefree" and "footloose" can sometimes annoy us by the way they just accept everything without asking "why". A person we classify as "dark" or "moody" or "curious" can sometimes annoy us by the way they can't accept anything without asking "why". It's not that they don't care, or care too much. It's just who they are, and what's going on inside that they want to know.
I don't know about the rest of you, but I know very little about myself. I only know the questions I ask. And using these questions, I can slowly piece together these jumbled pieces of my nature to get the big picture of the jigsaw puzzle: Me.
Maybe that's something you can help me out with. Let me put it this way: I need help figuring out who I am. Maybe by writing out my Whys and Who-What-Where-Whens, it will all come together for me. But I can't do it alone.
Until next time, les amis.
-Shocks |
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