Learning to Ask Questions
X was sad.
X could not play shiritori with the other letters.
Shiritori is a word game. You use the last letter of one word to begin a new word.
Like this: EnglisH- HappY- Yes!

It’s a fun game, but X is almost never used in English words, and
the other letters didn’t want to play with X. X felt ignored and left out.

X walked off to be alone and sat down in Cafe Q. X’s head was full of questions like “Why doesn’t anybody like me?” and “Why am I so useless?”

The owner of the cafe gave X a warm drink and some good advice:

If you ask the question Can I play shiritori? The answer is no. So ask yourself a different question: Can I play tic-tac-toe? Am I good at math? Can I fall in love? The answers will surprise you.

In the story I say that X was sad. The first sentence of the story is, "X was sad."
Really X was feeling a lot of things. Probably not happy, but maybe disliked and angry. I chose sad as the main feeling. What do you think?

Nobody wanted to play with X. The explanation is a little complicated, but the feeling is simple and powerful: You are not wanted. Useless and alone.

X's questions are about other people's opinions and expectations. X's questions are questions we all have and ask ourselves. X's questions are also about things we cannot control and so we can never really answer.

X learns about different questions to ask that help X discover the beauty of being X. X marks the spot were the treause is buried, and the treasure is you.

There are no easy answers. Even good answers can be difficult to put into action.
I hope you do have important ideas to share and that you will share them with us.

You can't share them as a mulitiple choice answer, but you can put your ideas down in the comments for the post.

Thank you for listening and sharing.