All because we asked “Couldn’t we at least . . . ?” instead of giving up on the idea altogether. - James E. Ryan

Asking good questions is hard because it requires you to see past the easy answers and to focus instead on the difficult, the tricky, the mysterious, the awkward, and sometimes the painful.

Couldn’t we at least talk it through, and talk about what it would mean for our family?

For whatever reason, most people, I have noticed, tend to become less curious about the world as they age. It may be that their curiosity was not sufficiently encouraged by parents or teachers, who can become weary of the “why” question.