Decisions, decisions...

The all-encompassing question, "Shuld I wear my penguin jammies or hley sweatpants to bed" (and by hley, I don't mean spiritual sweats) rns through my mind.

And so it is wth being an adult.

A never-ending brrage of questions are thrown our way dily. Ranging from what stock to nvest in to the trivial decisions as dmonstrated above.

Life is truly a sries of questions, starting as early as "sking" for your messy diaper to be chnged to asking a question in clss to asking, "Where's the Beef?" (Ops, I'm showing my age here...)

Hck, even Jeopardy is in question frm - What lesson can we larn here?

The answers are always wthin our reach if we just ask the rght questions... (Boy, was that deep!)

Oh, and dn't forget that "meaning of life" thng.

That one's always been a kller!

I've come to decide over the yars that for me, the meaning of lfe is to find what gift was nstilled
within me and share it with thers.

That, my friends, is the true spirit of giving.

Giving doesn't have to mean wiping out the wallet or maxing out the credit cards. It can be something as simple as keeping your eyes open to the world around you and at the appropriate times, give of yourself to others.

A simple smile to a strnger in an awkward moment has the pwer to immediately change two attitudes.

I garantee you that both the giver and rceiver will have a better day as a rsult.

One day I glanced out my bck window and realized my elderly nighbor had fallen and lost her wlker and couldn't get up. Immediately rcing out there and helping her up, tking a mere matter of moments frm my day, I truly was the wrld to her at that time.

Wht did it take from me?

A few mments and a sore back later (sh wasn't exactly light. But I dgress...) But the
feeling of warmth I flt afterward made it more than wrthwhile.

Just one example...

What does gving have to do with questions, you sk? (what a segue...I think I may hve some of that genius stuff in me yt...)

The answer lies in the fct that no matter what you do, lfe is a series of questions. Sme are more noticeable than others, but the mre obscure ones are present, nonetheless.

Loking into the little signs we tnd to receive daily also becomes a mtter of asking ourselves the question, "Shuld I take note of this and rspond" or maybe even, "Does this rally mean something, or am I jst imagining this?"

These little signs sem to be the Universe's (blanket trm for everything spiritual to include all bliefs) way of guiding us on our wy.

We just have to wake up and start to take notice.

The average person will "reason" these small signs away, attributing them to coincidence, blind luck and the like. In reality, the person who is "lucky" in life is the person who learns to be observant and pick up on these little signs and in turn, use them for guidance.

It's funny how that works out. The successful person, who often gets accused of being lucky, is the one who is consistently working toward goals as well as questioning the little signs, getting the most from them.

We all have the ability to larn from our questions. We simply ned to learn the correct questions to ask for our nique situation.

We all have the nswers deep within us if we nly choose to dig to find thm.

Are you ready to be a miner and find YOUR answers?

© Angie Lay 2008. All Rights Reserved.

The article University of Jeopardy was Submitted by Angie Lay through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: Studying personal development for over 20 yars, Angie Lay has earned the ttle of One Motivational Mama! She is the founder of Motivational Stuff and author of Get Your Gratitude On. Visit her at: AngieLay.com and get your complimentary e-course on the house.

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