Questions That Can Change Your Life!
by Jean Adrienne
Did you ever consider that your life can be influenced by the quality of the questions you
ask? Depending on what you ask and how you language the question can make a
difference between a positive answer and a negative one.
For example, if you ask “why is everything going wrong?” rather than “what if everything
is changing for the better?” you place yourself in a negative energetic place rather than
a positive one. Where your attention goes, your energy flows, so if you are focused on
the negative, that is what you will create in your reality!
Why not make your questions open-ended? This is a tool I was taught in my early days
of sales training. We were told that the most important thing we can do is to listen to the
customer, and ask open-ended questions. If you ask a yes or no question, you get a
one word answer—very little information flows back to you. But if you ask a leading
question, you open the conversation to allow the other person to tell you everything you
need, and sometimes things you didn’t eve know you needed!
Here is how you can apply this tip to enrich and change your life for the better—begin
every question with ‘What if…?” This opens the door for the Universe to bring you
answers that potentially will exceed your expectations.
An example is “what if I could do ___?” Ask this question and listen for the answer. You
just created space for being able to do whatever you were asking about without limiting
yourself in any way!
Another way to use this tool might be to ask “what might be the result of____?” or “how
could I benefit from doing____?” All of these questions allow you to ponder possibilities.
I suggest that you set aside time every day to work with questions. Use your journal.
Get into a quiet space where you have about ten minutes and won’t be disturbed. Write
one of these questions (or something that is appropriate to where you are in your life at
that moment). Then sit quietly with that until you get an answer. The response might
come in the form of a ‘bright idea’, or a fleeting thought, but you might look up and see a
sign on the side of a passing truck that gives you the inspiration you were looking for.
Don’t limit yourself or the Universe—be open to all possibilities. Give yourself
permission to expand!
