“Do You Have To Have All The Answers?”

Kindergarten children learn about sharing. Cute little guys, away from mom and dad for the first time, share toys, graham crackers, and “circle-time” space with new classmates. Every now and then, kindergarten teachers remind their knee-high charges “to be nice and share.”

The folks at “Men With Pens” learned well.

The article, “Do You Have To Have All the Answers?” encourages us to find answers to our questions. Everyone has questions. Librarians love the question and the adventure of answers.

Of course, answers often bounce like misdirected tennis balls careening in unpredictable paths. We seldom arrive at absolute conclusions, but we do find workable solutions for a given-moment.

Our creativity, drive to search for new ideas, and interest in subjects outside mercantile and monetary interests goes away quickly. Books, libraries, and online research tools get by us; most people have little time or energy to resarch (gave that up in high school or college).

Arousing curiosity and applying basic instincts to ask questions makes a more interesting life.

Sir Kenneth Robinson tells a story about a little girl drawing a picture in school. The teacher asks, “What are you drawing?” This aspiring artist said, “A picture of God.”

The teacher quickly pointed out, “No one knows what God looks like.” Without hesitating the little girl said, “They will in a minute.”

You don’t have to have all the answers, just an adventurous curiosity with a good dose of “how to think” (most of us are born with thinking skill, but we forget how to use it).

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Do You Have To Have All The Answers?.