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In the Beginning
by Julie Jordan Scott

In the beginning, there was a question longing to be lived.

You see, once the heavens and earth were here and sentient beings began to get hungry and thirsty and tired, the questions which longed to be lived began manifesting in words such as "Where is water?" or "What is the source of the most luscious grasses, grain and vegetation to quench this gnawing in my stomach?" or "Which woman will be the best partner to produce the most productive, able bodied, supportive of my children?"

It's true, isn't it?

These questions popped into the minds of those living in those moments either consciously or unconsciously. Next, they listened to hear where water was flowing and went to the source of refreshment. They solidly lived the question by testing the grains and grasses and vegetation to find the tastiest. Finally, they wooed and won a partner and procreated and the 'In the beginning' meets another generation.

Laura came to me seeking something. She wasn't sure what. She knew she was dissatisfied and at the same time, she didn't even know the source of her funk. All she knew was her overall mood was shaky, her enthusiasm was waning and it was beginning to show residual effects across all avenues of her life.

She could make out one thing: muddiness. "At least I recognize the brown, murky mess in front of me is mud!" Laura laughed to me.

"What words would you use to describe the mud?" I asked her.

Laura was quiet for a moment. I matched her wordlessness with my own, breaking it after a suitable silence saying, "Laura, close your eyes and just say whatever thoughts pop into your head... just let all the words that speak to you about the mud spring from your mouth now."

I could hear Laura inhale. In her exhale she intoned: "murky hairy dark oppressive grayness forceful in its thick non-movement shackling the truth as I hear it shrieking "muuuaaahhhhhhhhhhhaaaaahhhhhh" mockingly, merrily, mightily as I drown in the muddiness mired muck like a tarantula with a sticky web in its wake or the really powerful web of the black widow so strong and sticky that when I walk into it I know it recognize it catch it as it catches me and I say to myself ....

"Wait, there is something sinister afoot!" and I know that it is not so sinister despite the vice like grip it is something unfamiliarly familiar: it is the grades that kept me from the school I wanted to attend, the boys who decided I wasn't pretty enough, thin enough, curvy enough. It was the boss who didn't value me, the peers who didn't "get me", the schedule that didn't honor me, the community with no place for me until I finally recognize it's not the black widows gelatinous, sticky wake that chokes and binds me, it's my view-of-choice and disempowering decisions that hold me, stifle me and render my destiny stillborn."

More silence.

Laura and I sat in the lingering shadow of her spoken words.

I watched as Laura breathed courage, filling her soul with this new knowledge.

"So now what?"

We stood together on the precipice between growth and stagnation.

"Live the question to the other side of the mud, Laura."

"What does that mean?"

It can mean a lot of things. For Laura, in that moment, it meant breathing in the question just like she breathed in the courage to continue to take the "mud" into something other than what she saw initially.

It means not concerning herself with the answer instead to continue growing as the level of understanding increases. Martin Luther King said, "Take the first step in faith. You don't need to see the whole staircase, just take the first step."

With each step into the question, you add to your experience. You increase your understanding. You learn. You continue to become what you were always meant to become. You bring that destiny to life within your very being.

I gave Laura a simple assignment to nourish and nurture the question as she lives it. You may follow this assignment as well.

After our session, Laura created a list of 100 questions " without thinking, judging or considering what the questions meant or how they fit together she simply wrote questions until she reached 100.

She used those questions during the next two weeks as personalized writing prompts, in conversations with her friends, in emails she sent.

She layered each question she asked upon her initial "viewing" of "the mud."

Two weeks later, Laura and I spoke again. Her countenance had changed from ashen, unsure and unsteady to one of openness, clarity and excitement.

Do you hear, see or feel any of yourself in Laura's story?

Now it's your turn to tune in.

1. Craft a list of questions to ask yourself, aiming for 100 questions. Don't concern yourself with whether the questions make sense or are unreasonable. Sometimes the best inquiries begin there.

You can see Laura's list here:

2. Incorporate one or more of questions randomly into your daily life through conversation, writing, meditation or other spiritual practices.

3. Create or tap into a community of people who welcome discussions where your path through the "muddiness" is honored.

4. Continue your study through reading, study and/or personal coaching, mentoring, or discipleship.

In the beginning, there was a question longing to be lived.

(c) 2004 Julie Jordan Scott -- All rights reserved.

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