What was the most significant thing you did five days ago?
What was your reward four days ago?
What value did you add three days ago?
Most of the time, people will not remember that day even existed in their life.
Unless we are traveling, celebrating, or attending new events, our days appear to be similar, repetitive, which seems that we are living on an autopilot mode and cruising throughout most of our lives in total hypnosis.
What if, if we could wake up from our hypnosis, start being alive and make every day count?
I am inviting you to change your key from autopilot to attention pilot.
I did that by introducing a living question into my days. What is a living question, and how do we choose it?
At work, my team was facing some difficulties completing tasks, and I felt the need to support them in their duties. I choose the most contextual Question that I resonated with and could serve me at that time.
How can I give support right now? I turned this Question into my living Question because I committed to allow this Question to live with me full time for one whole week.
I experienced numerous events where this living Question allowed me to serve and listen better, to understand people even more, and in turn, support them.
I would like to share with you this personal event as an example.
Last April was the first year commemoration of my father passing away. We had a family gathering in my parent’s house. My uncle and my mom have not spoken to each other for over two decades, they both carry old hatred and anger, and they are unforgiving towards each other.
Because of the commemoration, they were both present in the house. Many family members and friends have tried countlessly to reconcile them but in vain.
My mom was very disturbed and angry about his presence in her house, and my uncle was not comfortable.
My uncle’s wife approached me and ask me,” Nadim, why don’t you reconcile your mom and uncle.” How can I do that nobody has ever succeeded for the last 20 years, they do not want, and it will not work.
Suddenly the living Question emerged. How can I support right now?
Without hesitation, like a soldier on duty, even without consulting my mom, I approached my uncle and asked him to accept to walk with me towards my mom, just to greet her.
My uncle rejected and said that your mom does not want this and ask me to let it go.
The living Question revealed up again. How can I support right now?
I told him I would be fully responsible for my mother’s behavior, and we will walk together towards her. My uncle was annoyed and said to me if you insist I will leave the house.
I was about to give up, and the living Question emerged again. How can I support right now?
Then this is what I told my uncle. Can you do that for my father, for your brother I am sure this is what he wants right now? After a moment of total silence, my uncle accepted my proposal.
When my mom saw him coming near, she was agitated, disturbed, and wanted to go away. I approached my mom and held her with one hand while holding my uncle on the other hand and brought them closer to each other.
The moment my uncle and my mom touch each other and just after mumbling few words, they both started crying.
With tears in my eyes, this day became a landmark in my life. This is because I was listening, answering, and adhering to the living Question that I have committed to.
Every day can be a landmark in our life; we can make every day special without the need to wait for a special event.
Unleash your autopilot, choose the most contextual living question, commit to it, and make every day significant, rewarding, valuable, and memorable.
Choose your living Question and make a life in each moment.
What is the Question that you most need right now?