Questions: From Why to How

Hey folks! 5th prompt from Miss @JonicaBradley is now up and I already see lots of articles from different users in here who also wrote about it. Just want to commend her for creating such a prompt as this, reading the articles of others about whichever topic from the prompt broadens my perspective.

For this week's prompt, it's all about questions. Such a great prompt to think about for we're all naturally curious who have unending questions in mind that needs to be answered. Anyway, I want this article to seems like a casual talk so just relax right there while reading this as if that I am talking to you.

As I was thinking on what to write about this prompt, I just remembered that I have already written an article related to it from the past. So, before anything else, let me dig up on an article entitled "5W's and an H" which I wrote in here 4 months ago.

What, where, when, why, who, and how.

Above are the 5W's and an H that I am talking about. On that article, I just looked up for the most asked questions on google which I have categorized into 4 categories;

Sometimes we ask serious questions that needs serious answers. We also ask some ridiculous questions that seems to not make any sense at all. Then there are questions that arise from our curiosity. And lastly, simple questions such as "what time is it?" or "what day is it today?" that can be easily answered.

Well, my main point in there is that whatever questions that we have, there can be answers to all of it, we just have to seek for it. But I also did emphasize that answers doesn't come right away and that there are also answers that doesn't even answer our question. The answer can be out of the context or it can be an answer that we don't want to hear. Either way, the thing is, there are always answers to every questions.

For this prompt, I want to talk to you about how we can turn our question of why's into questions of how.

Why and how can be both question but the way of asking or addressing the question can hit so differently. Just like what I have said above, there might be answer to all our questions but not every answers are the right answers.

Why questions mostly deals with explanation while how questions often deals with methods or processes. So I had this thinking that instead of looking for explanations, for reasons, for understanding what's happening behind things, why not try to look how things works and to discover the reasons behind certain things by ourselves.

There's just some things in our life that we cannot understand. Sometimes, some things just happened and we don't get to know why. But it doesn't just end there. If it cannot be answerable by why, then let's revise our question into how.

Instead of asking "why are these things happening to me?" why not try to ask "how can I learn from these things?"

It can also be applicable in this platform. From asking "why am I not getting tips from Rusty?" we ca try to ask "how can I also get tips from Rusty?" or "how can I improve myself more so that I'll get tips from Rusty?"

Why am I different compared to others? How can I be unique?

Why did I failed the exam? How can I pass the next time?

Why did he get mad at me? How can I make it up with him?

Let's stop from asking why and start to look for ways. There are always a reason behind all things and let's start to discover it, not by asking why but by asking how. By asking why, it's like we're just waiting for the answers to be served to us, but by asking how, it's like discovering the answers that we are looking for.

Let's turn our why's into how's and be surprised to see that by seeking ways instead of just asking for an explanation, we can see the exact right answers that we really need.

And that would be all. I honestly don't know if I was able to explain my point but I do hope that you got it. And since that this article is just like me talking to you, why not drop your thoughts in the comment section and then let's start this conversation.

Hey to all folks out there who might also want to be part of this prompt, you can also join just by doing these rules below:

The rules are simple.

1. Write about questions

2. Write 100% original content

3. Write at least 600 words

4. Tag me @JonicaBradley

5. Have fun!

Thanks for reading, and as always, take care! :)