My name is Laura, and I question a lot of stuff.
I've asked myself a lot of questions over the few years that I’ve been wandering around this earth.
Simple questions, such as: ‘What will we be having for dinner tonight?’, and some more existential questions as ‘Why do I have to follow rules set up by people that already died?’. There were questions that could haunt me for days, as ‘Where is the Universe expanding IN?’; and then resolving fascinating questions: ‘Would we live in the only Universe expanding in this other thing? Or are there just as many Universes as we believe there are stars?’ I even questioned why I was questioning stuff.
It took me a while before I realised not everyone has the same urge to put just- about-anything up for debate. And even longer until I no longer tried to understand this –what I thought of was a- lack of interest in life.
It’s funny how you can have been examining everything for as long you can remember already, yet, never have thought of putting your own mind up for discussion.
I think most of us will agree when I say that: every single person is a unique individual, with his/her own interests, intelligence, motivation, and other defining factors making a person unique. Of course, we could start talking genetics and bring in some research on identical twins, but you get the point, right?
Well, even though I knew we can all have different hobbies, passions, interests… I always assumed, never even doubted, that everybody was at least a little curious about life itself.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m far from saying everybody should be walking around contemplating what they are walking around here for. But I did was surprised that not everybody had a kind of opinion or thoughts on why they shouldn’t be contemplating about that, 24/7.
Because that is, what I think, the fun in asking questions.
It’s not about knowing the answer, but about being able to explore new thoughts with other wondering minds. As such, it’s even better to not assume you know the answer, and to be open to discover the figments and ideas outside your own imagination.
And that’s also my reason for why I don’t wander around overthinking life too much:
***Because I like to think of Life as a riddle:
As long as it's unsolved, the riddle remains being a fascinating puzzle to reveal, with endless possible findings.
While, whenever unraveled, the joy of exploring is over and the riddle is in essence no longer a riddle.***