Questions.

I've often wondered what the key component for growing and maturing is. While I've found that there are many components that go into how and why we grow, I recently heard one of the most profound statements that helped the missing piece fall into place. I don't remember exactly what He said because I was so taken by it, I forgot to write it down. It went something like this. A true disciple is not defined by the complexity of his answers, but by the quality of his questions. I've thought about this a TON since I heard it and damn, it's so true.

I used to think that a mature person was someone who knew their stuff, someone who could confidently tell you why he/she believed what they believed. But then I noticed another observation, most of the people that I have known and respected as "mature" people in my life had one thing in common. They all "knew" the answers to most things that I would ask questions about. Most of them had reached a certain point in their life where they stopped growing, stopped maturing. I've wondered so many times over the last few years why this happens. I would say the answer to this question is simple. People have forgot how to ask questions. We as people are prone to get to a place in our lives where we answer all of the questions that we have though were important, we become content with the answers. And instead of continuing to ask questions and find answers, we simply sit back and make the simple answers that we found for our questions painfully complex.

We lose out wonder, we forget to ask ourselves questions about ourselves and life. The way to continue to grow and mature is to ask quality questions.

Mike