I used to think clarity came from answers.
From figuring it out.
From solving the right problem.
Answers to move on.
I asked sharp questions.
Productive ones.
Efficient ones.
They kept me moving.
They didn’t help me see.
Better questions don’t move me forward.
They drop me deeper.
Slower.
Into the part I usually skip.
They don’t unlock the answer.
They remove the disguise.
A better question isn’t a strategy.
It’s a disruption.
It disorients enough to loosen my grip
on what I was certain about.
It doesn’t offer a fix.
It offers an opportunity.
It offers a mirror.
Not to correct me.
To confront me.
A better question won’t let me hide.
It shows me where I’m still rehearsing.
Still avoiding.
Still pretending I know.
I used to want control from certainty.
Now I want indication from clarity.
Better questions open me up to possibility
with what’s next.
With NVoN.