Why Ask Why?

 “That is a very Earthling question you ask, Mr. Pilgrim. Why you? Why us for that matter? Why anything? Because this moment simply is. (…) There is no why?

Why do we always have to question everything that happens to us, or anything we do? Is it because we always have to have an answer, or is it because we are afraid of what this might mean so we need an explanation. Why don’t we accept thing just as they are, maybe they are just meant to be. I think the real answer to this is because we need explanations in order not to feel afraid.

I believe just as the Trafaldorians try to explain to Billy, we have to accept things and not fight against them. Not only this, but also to live everything “Moment by moment.” Not rush through it, live in the present accepting what your put through instead of trying to skip it.

This may sounds very realistic and correct, but when something bad or something we didn’t expect happens, what do people tell us?

“Everything happens for a reason.”  Then the question would be what reason. I think it is really hard to do as the Trafaldorians say, but only because we have been shaped that way. I mean, since we were just a few years old our parents told us why we had to do things or not, why many things happened, but know as we grow older it is not so easy to explain. Things are so much more complex that we don’t have answers to everything.

I think at the end the Trafaldorians are trying to leave another message: We shouldn’t waste all our time wondering why. Instead, experience those things and if you find that answer great, but if not just keep on going without it. It is not like if it would be the end of the world.

Questioning:  Is it good or bad?

I will leave it to you to answer this question.