Q& no A

Ever since my son responded,” Why should I?” when I asked him to do his jobs today, I’ve been pondering life’s mysteries. There are so many questions, with and without answers. There are those annoying ones from the checker at the grocery store,”How are you doing today? Did you find everything OK?” (They don’t really care.) Or from the workers at the In And Out drive through window, “Will you be eating this in your car?” (What’s it to you? Why the heck should I tell you that?) Your server at a restaurant asks, “Did your meal taste alright?” (It was alright but I couldn’t tell what it was.) The workers at the department store ask, if they aren’t busy chatting on the phone, “Can I help you find something?” Or, “Can I call another store to see if they have that item?” (They act all put out if you chance to answer in the affirmative.)

Then there are the questions from the male/female that is interested in you but you don’t return the feelings. “What are you doing Saturday night?” (You want to say, “Are you taking a survey?” But instead you say, “Nothing.”)

Or, “What’s your major?” (It’s pediatric medicine because I think feet are vital. I also have a minor in Zoology because I love animals.)

We look inside ourselves to answer religious questions like: “Who’s on the Lord’s Side? Who?” "Err you left your room this morning, did you think to pray?”; “Where is heaven? Is it very far?”

How about those questions you ask others? “Who left the toilet seat up?”; “Are you crazy?”; "Watch where you’re going, Mr.! What? Are you blind?”;”What the heck do you think you’re doing?” (If you’re a mother) “Is it time for bed yet?” Or, “What do you want now?” “

There are questions we are asked every day. For example: “What’s for dinner?”(My mom always said,”Sauerkraut and weenies”.);”What time is it?” (Time to get a watch!) ; From my 4 year old,”Will you wipe me?” ; From my 8 year old,” Where are my shoes?” (”I haven’t seen them.” )

But what about those deeper questions that we may not fully understand right now like: “What’s love got to do with it?”;” How Deep is Your Love?”;” What do you do in the summer time?”; When it comes to stewed prunes, is three enough? Is four too many?”; "Where’s the beef?”; "How do you solve a problem like Maria?”; "Why do birds suddenly appear every time you are near?”; “Who let the dogs out?”; “Can I borrow your towel? My car just hit a water buffalo.”

I don’t know if I’ll ever figure any of these things out. I’ll just keep them in the back of my mind until one day the answers come and I wonder, “What was I thinking?”

So, what deep questions lurk in the back of your mind?