I recently read that if we ask a question, our clever minds will instantly go to work to find an answer. So, it matters that we are as conscious as we can be about the questions we ask out loud and the ones we ask ourselves in our minds.

I have learned never to ask questions for which I really don’t want the answer! Questions like the following are not empowering:

• What’s wrong with me?
• How long could this take?
• What could go wrong?
• How much trouble could it be?
• How hard could it be?

Some empowering questions could be:

• Is there a message for me in this experience?
• What’s the gift in this situation?
• What’s the most loving thing I could do now?
• How can I turn this into a positive experience?
• What would the grandest greatest version of me do now?

It’s valuable to be conscious so we can ask empowering questions.

~ Bonnie Hutchinson

“If we would have new knowledge, we must get a whole world of new questions.”

-- Susanne K. Langer