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There's not a single day that passes without us having any questions in our minds. And then there are times when we have a hell of a lot of them. They simply never cease to exist. They come in all forms, shapes, and sizes. We have questions about what is happening to us, with us, within us, around us. 

We have questions about why it is happening to us. But little do we realize about the power of questions. Questions have the power to reshape and transform destiny. Every major innovation, invention, or change has been a result of a question. Someone somewhere thought a little differently and asked why? Why not? How? And the results are there for all of us to see. From time immortal it is the questions that have helped mankind to evolve and progress. 

From Bhagwaan Buddha to Jesus to Abraham Lincoln to Gandhi to Nelson Mandela... All asked questions that compelled us to think and find answers. Answers that helped us become better. Right from history to science to medicine to mathematics to philosophy to religion there is no aspect of life that has been left untouched by questions. And the pursuit of these very questions has redefined life. 

For questioning is a powerful tool that helps us not just in unlocking value but raising the value of life. We learn we improve, we perform, we ideate, we create, we evaluate just because we have the ability to question. 

Yet there are times when we are uncomfortable with the questions. They become something that we are afraid to face and stand up to. They unsettle and rattle us for we don't know answers nor do we seem to have any. At times we tend to avoid looking for answers because we are not prepared for the answers.  But that should not stop us from pursuing the question with a resolve to find answers.

For there is rarely someone who has the answers to all questions. And more importantly, there is rarely anyone who sets out in the pursuit of questions and has returned empty-handed. But surely has returned transformed not only for self but for mankind at large. Time to get comfortable in pursuit of questions get really good at not just asking them but resolving them. For that's what questions are meant to be.

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