Change can be difficult for many people. We sometimes do things a certain way simply because that’s how we were taught or that’s how it’s always been. We rarely stop to ask why? Why do we do it this way? Why have we not looked at changing things up? There is great power in that word. Why? It is so simple to say and so easy to inquire yet all too often this effortless questions goes unasked.

Begin asking why and you just might awake to a world of confusion. Some things we have taken for granted for years suddenly seem foolish.

Why are we still buying movie tickets from people behind glass? Is there a salad bar in there? Are they afraid of germs? Are people robbing ticket counters at theaters across the country? The concessions people don’t get glass and that’s not only where the food is but where the real money is made.

Why do you stay mad at someone for something they did to you in your dream?

Why aren’t there more teen aged boys going to Twilight in the movie theater? Have they not figured out yet that is where the girls are? Do they not know that later in life they will spend all their time and effort trying to figure out where to meet girls?

Why can’t men understand that “it doesn’t matter”, “I don’t care”, and “whatever” do not mean the same thing and if you think they do, serious consequences might follow?

Why do girls tend to answer the rhetorical question “How was your day?” Why don’t they think a simple “fine” would suffice? Do they keep a minute by minute journal to recall all those details?

Why do video game consoles think we want to stand up to play “motion control” games that map our body movements. Has it crossed their minds that some of us play video games because we can’t really throw a football that well?

Why can a three year old get away with wearing camouflage Crocs to church but his 35 year old dad can’t?

Why did it take so long to invent RedBox? We’ve been eating candy out of vending machines for years! When you stop to think it’s really sort of embarrassing that no one thought this up sooner.

There is great power in asking “Why?” but with great power comes great disappointment. I’m not certain there are answers to some of these questions. If you chose to question why things are the way they are, you may find yourself asking “Why did I ever starting asking in the first place?”.

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