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The Power of Unanswered Questions

The Power of Unanswered Questions

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Mary Carroll Moore
Sep 29, 2009
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The Power of Unanswered Questions
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As someone who loves it when the ducks are lined up, I used to hate unanswered questions. Problems I couldn't solve, dilemmas unresolved, drove me nuts. I worked hard at applying solutions to every problem.

I felt great when the issue got fixed. I tallied up answers like gold.

Then I began writing books. Books are large, unweildy events, worse than organi…

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