By Mark Voorsanger
What if the secret to life came in asking
Some powerful questions before we go tasking?
What are the questions you’d ask day to day?
How might you pose them a powerful way?
This practice is needed, it sets the right frame
Establishing targets at which we then aim
Curious nature evoked by a query
Opens the door to new realms and new theory
What are your fears? From where do they hail?
What would be needed to blaze a new trail?
Limiting thoughts are the bane of us all
Where could we go if we broke down those walls?
Asking such questions is all well and good
But they alone won’t get us out of the woods
Searching for answers is equally vital
Questions alone are a book with no title
List your desires. Why do you want them?
What will they get you and how will you flaunt them?
What are your options and where might they take you?
How will you manage if others forsake you?
Work must be done, but the benefits follow
Without it, our lives almost always turn hollow
Confusion will often arise in midlife
And won’t be relieved by fast cars or a wife
What will you be when you finally grow up?
Who will determine the fill of your cup?
How can we be our own judge in the end
While needing approval from parents and friends?
Answers emerge from our voices internal
Capture them all in your personal journal
Voice-work is based in the Jungian theory
That egos are made up of parts, some quite bleary
What are you waiting for? If not now, when?
If you delay what’s the cost? Then again
Acting on impulse is often too brisk
How might you balance good caution with risk?
Making the unconscious parts of us clear
Helps to make wholly new choices appear
Inner work translates to greater successes
Often relieving our lives’ biggest stresses
Who is affected and how will they feel?
Is there a win/win approach to the deal?
What is your purpose? What has deep meaning?
How can you tell when it’s truth that you’re gleaning?
This effort lends clarity, focus and light
Leading to action where purpose takes flight
Our internal landscape may undergo shifts
But that’s, after all, how we bring our true gifts
So challenge yourself to begin asking questions
The likes of which mirror these prior suggestions
And answer them deeply from varied perspectives
While pondering all those conflicting objectives
We promise that doing this work is worthwhile
The gardens you till will become so fertile
That wisdom will grow, inner peace will be yours
And happier days will abound by the scores
