We ask questions because we are curious and want to know
more about ourselves and the world that we live in. The answers we receive to
our questions can provide information, knowledge, structure, guidance, wisdom
and can also serve to reduce inner conflict or cognitive dissonance. We often
struggle with questions regarding critical life choices.
Many years ago, when I was studying Organizational
Structure with Robert and Rosalind Fritz, I had a powerful experience regarding
questions during a training unit on a particular method for facilitating decisions.
Although the process we were learning was primarily utilized in a
business/professional context, it was also effectively used in other life
domains. The consultants in the training were divided into small groups to learn/master
the decision process, utilizing a real life example from someone in the group.
I volunteered to work on a decision that I had been struggling with for several
months. I provided the overview regarding the decision and my group then proceeded
to map out and “play” with the critical elements of the decision.
Rosalind Fritz, our primary trainer, circulated among the
various small groups in the training, providing direction when needed. She silently
observed our group and the carefully mapped out chart we had created of
decision elements. She asked us what the question was that was guiding our
decision work. Rosalind thoughtfully and ironically responded: “If you’re
asking that question, you already know the answer.” WOW! She was absolutely
right.
Many of the questions that we struggle with already contain
the answer to the question. Timing is everything and Rosalind’s thoughtful
response/observation regarding my question elegantly shifted me into a place of
being ready to “know” the answer.
What question are you struggling with right now that you
already know the answer to?
Janet
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