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I don’t know exactly when I first learned to ask good questions. I mean serious ones. I’m sure I asked some really good questions when I was a little kid but somewhere along the line I crossed over into a space that made asking questions seem like a not-so-great thing to do. Maybe I felt that asking questions would make me look foolish, like I didn’t have all the answers. Maybe I was afraid that my questions wouldn’t be as good as the ones asked by others. I’m not sure. I’m just aware that I spent a part of my life stagnating because I didn’t or wouldn’t ask. Continue reading ‘Practice the Question Meditation’

A couple of weeks ago our oldest son graduated from high school and we decided we would do something nice for him. Now, don’t get the wrong idea. It’s not like we haven’t been doing nice things for him all along. Not that he notices, necessarily, but we’ve been fairly doting parents which means he’s had just about everything he ever wanted. Continue reading ‘Give Kids Open Experiences’