The question is.... Why?

Why? 3 little letters, not even a compound word yet it has brought many a conversation to a grinding halt. A child asks it 36 times in a row and the answer finally comes down to; "Because it just is! Go ask your mother!" This word can make you feel as dumb as a bag of hammers and it has to me on more than one occasion. It probably will on many more occasions.

I'm facing a "why" moment soon and I really want a good answer to the question. I have none. I need one, not for myself so much but for the question that is posed. It deserves to be answered and hopefully it will be. What is that question? You know that I am fighting the urge to ask you why you need to know! I wont though. I don't know know why.

Ok, that was bad, but that word is like that. You can take a tense moment and bring on such laughter that the question is forgotten. Or such fury that you need to seek shelter. It is dangerous in that what if it really is answered? And the answer isn't what you hoped it would be? Tears have been know to accompany this tiny morsel of a word. The word we learn at an early age and soon uncover the secret of it's power. Has brought many a strong man to his knees, and closed many a sale for me. Yes, it's that lethal!

Be careful with it's usage. It's ruined marriages, friendships and engagements. Lost jobs and tumbled the high and mighty from their lofty perches. Driven wedges between siblings and has probably sent more than one innocent man to prison for a crime he didn't commit! In fact; it should be considered a controlled word, used only when needed and only then after careful peer review.

It can also be used to embarrass others. That's kind of fun, people always feel good about themselves after they make others look stupid. Throw the "why" question at the bore who pontificates for time on end and see where it goes. Just sayin'.

Time for me to ponder my "why", there really isn't a right or wrong answer to that question. It is a life altering result no matter how it's answered. See the power yet? No matter how I answer, my life will be different. How can that be? (not fooling me, that's "why" in dress clothes!) All I will say is it is a powerful little word and should be given the respect that you give anything dangerous; electricity, gunpowder, rattlesnakes...... You get the picture.