Aspire Magazine: Inspiration for a Woman's Soul.(TM) April/May 2017 Aspire Mag Full Issue

Aspire Magazine: Inspiration for a Woman's Soul.(TM) April/May 2017 Aspire Mag Full Issue | Page 42

The Most IMPORTANT Question You Will Ever Ask BY BRYNA RENÉ HAYNES I n the course of our lifetimes, we will ask many questions. We will ask big, revolutionary questions, and small, mundane ones. We will ask questions about our lives, our careers, our relationships, our history, and our future. None of these questions are arbitrary; every one of them is inextricably entwined with our human experience and our ability to navigate our lives in an empowered way. The quality of the questions we ask ourselves every 42 www.AspireMAG.net | April / May 2017 day will determine whether we move toward an authentic, radically-engaged life, or stay planted in a life that constantly leaves us longing for more. As children, we questioned everything. Who, what, when, where, and why were probably the most used words in our developing vocabularies, right up until the point where we figured out that our questions were perceived as annoying and unnecessary― or worse, regarded as dangerous.