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2023/03/05

“Why” isn’t always a question

Sometimes the word “why” isn’t so much a question as a reason. You will sometimes hear people being asked, not “Why are you doing this?” but rather, “What’s your why?” which is a different question. You hear the question in various circles – recovery, Mom Hugs, etc – meaning, “What’s the reason you are in […]

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2021/01/24

Why bother?

One of the questions we often find ourselves asking is “Why bother?” why bother doing the dishes/laundry, they will just get dirty again why bother doing the right thing, no one notices or cares These are question we might find ourselves asking. As questions go they aren’t so bad because we know the answer. We […]

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2019/09/01

Why ask why?

Asking questions seems to be fundamental to the human experience. I seem to recall my developmental psychology professor telling the class pre-schoolers can ask more than four hundred “Why” questions a day; a statistic I can easily believe. Being asked questions can be irritating but it can also be illuminating. When someone asks you why […]

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