Never ask the baker if their milk bread is good.

My mother has a personality that never hesitates to ask questions. Even the awkward ones. She would ask anything to get her way, to learn and know better. This particular trait of hers used to make me so uncomfortable because sometimes her questions would be really dumb. But then one day she said,

If you don’t ask dumb questions, how would you know which are the smart ones?

That shifted something.

I didn’t know what until I went to a bakery with my mother and she asked the baker if their milk bread was good.

And guess what they answered?

Yes, they are good.

I mean, what would you expect?

If you ask the owner about whether their products are good or not, they’re answer will always be affirmative.

That day, I realized that, in order to know how the milk breads are, I need to know more about milk breads.

That’s my hook today.

To know about something, you need to ask dumb questions, and to prevent the dumb questions, you need to dive deeper into that certain something.

The moment you know about how breads are made, what the ingredients are,

or which ingredients trigger you, you will know exactly what to ask, and you will get the best bread.

In order to grow, we need to focus on the little things that bring change and depth to our efforts. Maybe you need to ask a dumb question to find out what the smart one. Maybe you need to try something to find out if you are bad at it, so you can try something else.

Maybe you need to write that word that will lead you to your heart again.