Springer's Journey

Sometimes life hurts so deeply that we stop asking questions.

Not because we’ve stopped caring.

Because we’re tired.

When we’re exhausted, we often think we need to find the big answers immediately. But what if our minds simply don’t have the energy for that today?

So ask different questions.

How does thunder happen?

What are stepped leaders?

How does a tree lift water a hundred feet into the air?

Why do crows recognize faces?

No, those questions won’t solve every struggle. But they may do something just as important.

They remind us that our minds are still capable of wonder.

Wonder has a remarkable way of waking up curiosity.

And curiosity has a remarkable way of waking up hope.

I’ve learned that understanding changes us in ways that punishment never could.

Being told “yes” or “no” might change our behavior for a little while, but understanding changes our relationship with the world.

If you’re struggling today, and you don’t even know what questions to ask about your own life…

That’s okay.

Ask another question.

Ask about lightning.

Ask about stars.

Ask why ice floats.

Give your tired mind permission to breathe.

One day, almost without noticing, you may find yourself asking a more personal question.

Then another.

Then another.

Curiosity has returned.

And with it…
Hope.

So please…
Stay curious.

The world is still full of magnificent questions.
And perhaps, just perhaps…

The next question you ask will help light the path to the one you’ve been trying to ask all along.

“ARE YOU SERIOUS??!!”

Yes.

Life is still that amazing.

And you’re still here to discover it.
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Polished with help from ChatGPT, who still believes the Oregon spiders tell cautionary tales about one orange-shirted little girl with an imaginary lightsaber. ️⚔️