Daily Inspiration #101
Dr. Seuss
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Theodor Seuss Geisel (March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991)[1] was an American author, political cartoonist, poet, animator, book publisher, and artist, best known for authoring children's books under the pen name Dr. Seuss (/sjuːs/). His work includes several of the most popular children's books of all time, selling over 600 million copies and being translated into more than 20 languages by the time of his death.
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Ok, this guy was great!

I've read most of his stuff :)

Anyway he had a great quote I wanted to share today.

"Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple."

What a great statement!

How often do we beat ourselves up trying to figure something out only to find out the answer was right in front of us all along?

Or what about when we ask and ask only to find out we are asking the wrong question?

What about when the question is so complicated that when we find the answer we feel stupid for not seeing it in the beginning.

These kinds of things happen all the time to a lot of people.

Honestly it's not really a bad thing.

It can be quite eye opening in fact.

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I find it is very important to learn from moments like this.

Partially because we can potentially avoid it next time around but mostly because this type of thing really expands the mind.

You see, during the process of attempting to figure it out, asking the wrong questions or formulating a complicated question our mind is developing new neural networks.

New synopsis are firing and opening up tons of possibilities to our minds.

Each new scenario we run creates a new pathway in our minds.

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These new networks can, and likely will be, expanded on later in life somehow.

Without us really noticing these pathways are opening up things down the road we would never expect.

Every now and then we see signs of just what I'm talking about.

Have you ever been in a conversation about a topic you really knew nothing about then all the sudden something the other person said triggered a knowledgeable response from you?

Not a response like you understand the entire concept but a piece of it at least.

Then you think back and remember some silly thing you did once upon a time that led to you learning that?

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Often this thing can be something otherwise forgotten.

Sometimes it is fully remembered but its relation to the topic of the current conversation was not noticed until that moment.

It may seem like I'm off topic a little here but let me explain.

You see, many of us beat ourselves up a little when we have the experience I first mentioned.

When we finally notice that really simple thing we can have a tendency to feel a little lesser somehow.

When in fact we should be very grateful for it.

We should be excited that we have now expanded our minds.

So the next time the answer ends up being right in front of you all along, your question is the wrong one or your super complex question results in a brutally simple answer...

Be thankful, you have just grown a new extension to your psyche!

Remember how Dr. Seuss said it:

"Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple."

Thanks for reading,
Michael David
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