The saying goes “left with more questions than answers”. How many times do answers not satisfy your thirst to know more? You promise that this is the last question, but you regret saying so while you know that you have no option but to make this the last question.
Questions have answers and answers have consequences. It often happens in life that something happens that affects you. How much it affects you becomes subjective because you immerse yourself deeper into the matter than you should be doing. You start asking questions and you are not entirely satisfied with the answers. Answers breed more questions while the questions itself lead to more questions. The parties involved now want to shut this down for whatever many reasons. You have assumed to role of lead counsel in a trial or maybe the lead detective on a case. The witnesses are tiring from the ordeal but you keep badgering away (even though you are trying to be gentle). You offer one last question. The witness knows that there is hardly a last question because during that question and related answer, ten new questions are born. The trouble for you is that your mind will work overtime and you will overthink things. You have said “this is my last question” and you feel obliged to stick with it. However, you now have to answer all those questions yourself in your head. Therein lies the danger that you will want to think like the “witness” and offer your own answers. Chances are that you will be on the wrong track.
It is therefore important that not everything that happens in life needs to go through an interrogation. Sometimes it is best to leave the matter in peace and remain silent. The danger with you misconstruing the issue, the answers and your own assumptions, is that you may break a peace that should not have been broken. It is best to let sleeping dogs lie.
Questions have tentacles and one might be poisonous. Keep the peace.
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