Questions

Photo by Todd Jenkins

You and I will learn

very little about one another

or anything else, for that matter,

if all we do is ask questions for which

we have already determined

right and wrong answers.

The best we can do

with this kind of interchange

is to determine how much

we agree and disagree;

the worst is to pass judgment.

If, however, we inquire

in ways that require stories,

and not the kind that come

from books, but from

our own life experiences,

then we open the door

to deepen our relationship;

and that’s why we’re breathing.

© 2014 Todd Jenkins