Nothing is done without a reason. I do mean nothing. You eat because you are hungry, or because it sounds good, because you are bored, because you feel you have to, etc... the reasons are practically endless, but there is always a reason. The same applies to all other actions. When talking to a child today who was in trouble again for swearing at other students in class I asked her why she felt the need to act this way. She was completely confused. "I don't know, I just ... I just did it today." Well, untrue first of all since she does something very similar every day, but honest in that she has no idea. Strange that we know ourselves so little that we do not even understand our own motivation for day to day reactions and decisions.
Why. One word, and one of the first ones children seem to learn, and yet some of the most challenging questions to answer. I'm not talking about the 'Why is the sky blue?' questions (though that is admittedly more challenging to accurately answer than it appears at first glance). I'm more referring to 'Why do you believe the things that you believe?' 'Why do you say the things that you say ; especially the things that you immediately regret saying?' 'Why do you love the people that you love?' 'Why are you the person you are right now?'
Getting a bit too existential? Possibly?
The point is we need to get to know ourselves a bit better. The problem is that we seldom take the time to look at ourselves honestly and truly ask the difficult questions.
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