“Are you alright?”

“No,”

“Why not?”

“Because.”

“Because why?”

I watch television, and see people take a camera and a microphone and ask people on the street.

“How are you doing?”

“Could be worse.”

“Tell me about it.”

Questions lead to answers which lead to questions.

Some people, and we know it, stop the answers, for many and compelling reasons.

Some don’t like the answer. It makes them question their answer.

Some don’t know the answer, and their brain freezes.

I do the process with myself.

Why did I do that? Could I have done something else? If I did, what then? Which of the possible alternatives is more likely or preferable? If, then?

Asking and answering yourself is self-analysis, another word for self-help.

We all need help.

If we can help ourselves, we can free ourselves to help others help themselves.

Of course this requires a definition of terms, because “Help yourself” can mean “Take what you want,” which can lead to others being taken from have less.

But the process of question/answer can be used here too, as it always can, everywhere.

The more you are involved in the process, the more you are alive, because the less involved you are, the less you are alive.

Everyone who is alive wants to stay that way. Those who don’t can profit by the question/answer self-analysis self-help process.

All we need to do is not stop asking. We’ll find the right answers, and agree on them.