Questions Over Time

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to be like something from a textbook. This is the answer, you cannot argue it. But that didn’t happen. Some questions don’t have a concrete answer and can only be responded to with a guess or assumption.My daughter is young — she asks questions about the sky, the stars, our neighborhood, how simple things work. Questions I can answer.But I know her understanding of the world will grow, and with it her curiosity will expand. Her questions will become more complicated. Just like my parents didn’t always have a concrete answer for me, I won’t always have a concrete answer for her.There’s beauty in wondering about things nobody can really know. It can be fun to try to interpret the world around you, and stay open to what could be.There’s also beauty in knowing an answer for certain. Or, at least being able to find the information required to provide the answer.I love to lear

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n, but I also love to wonder.To know is to understand the world for what it is.To wonder is to dream up possibilities of what could be.Both have value.Katie Rodante is a writer living in sunny Dallas, Texas with her loving husband, two wild young children, and a lazy maltese. While she began her career as a paralegal, she found her passion is in creative fiction. Her works include a poetry book of Halloween haiku titled Autumn Reveries, several short stories, and two in-progress novels: a women’s fiction novel about love and loss, and a fantasy series involving wizards and music. Connect with me on <a href="http://twitter.com/katierodante">Twitter</a>, <a href="http://instagram.com/authorkatierodante">Instagram</a>, and sign up for my <a href="http://katierodante.substack.com/">newsletter</a> which explores the intersection of creativity and intentional living.</article></body>

a haiku poem about increasingly difficult questions

why is the sky blue

when did you know love / what is

the meaning of life

Questions start easy, and become more difficult. Children start off asking the most basic of questions, the easiest ones for adults to answer. Over time, children ask more complicated questions, and sometimes these questions have no concrete answer.

I remember when I was little and started asking philosophical questions, expecting the answer to be like something from a textbook. This is the answer, you cannot argue it. But that didn’t happen. Some questions don’t have a concrete answer and can only be responded to with a guess or assumption.

My daughter is young — she asks questions about the sky, the stars, our neighborhood, how simple things work. Questions I can answer.

But I know her understanding of the world will grow, and with it her curiosity will expand. Her questions will become more complicated. Just like my parents didn’t always have a concrete answer for me, I won’t always have a concrete answer for her.

There’s beauty in wondering about things nobody can really know. It can be fun to try to interpret the world around you, and stay open to what could be.

There’s also beauty in knowing an answer for certain. Or, at least being able to find the information required to provide the answer.

I love to learn, but I also love to wonder.

To know is to understand the world for what it is.

To wonder is to dream up possibilities of what could be.

Both have value.

Katie Rodante is a writer living in sunny Dallas, Texas with her loving husband, two wild young children, and a lazy maltese. While she began her career as a paralegal, she found her passion is in creative fiction. Her works include a poetry book of Halloween haiku titled Autumn Reveries, several short stories, and two in-progress novels: a women’s fiction novel about love and loss, and a fantasy series involving wizards and music. Connect with me on Twitter, Instagram, and sign up for my newsletter which explores the intersection of creativity and intentional living.