Why?

     “Why?” is an important question.  It is quite possibly the important question.  I could argue that it is quite likely that the key to human civilization is our ability to ask “why.”

        “Why” is the beginning of “how.”  Why do these berries grow here?  How can I grow them there?  That’s the power of “why,” without it humankind would still be wondering around aimlessly.  Or perhaps extinct from our absurd gestation cycle and ungodly worthlessness as newborns.  But “why” has saved us from the darkness, and we have flourished and called it good.

        But “why” is not done with it’s awesomeness, not by a long shot!  “Why” is the question of kings and queens, philosophers, poets, and priests!  Whether it’s your God, gods, or spirituality you refuse to name, “why” is the name of the game.  If you live with 1st world problems, the question of “why” becomes the future.  First it brought us out of the darkness, and now it will move us into the light!

        The question is immortal.  If you contemplate ‘why?” you are working with Plato and Aristotle, Jung and Kant, Peter and Buddha...  It’s the eternal question.

        And the answer, of course, is “why not?”  A little disappointing, I’ll admit.