I don’t think people understand the power of
words—the impact that words can have on a life. There are so many people in
this generation that strive for complete authenticity and yearn to go “deeper”
with everybody they meet. There are pictures that say things like: “Instead of
asking this, ask this instead.” And
on one of these lists, instead of asking somebody about their family, it says
to ask about what one usually gets from the ice cream truck.
What
people don’t understand is the importance of these “don’t ask this” questions.
We despise small talk because we want to go deeper but we forget that the shore
leads to the ocean. We forget that the mundane, every day, shallow questions
are also so necessary to life.
