Why Not?

I have come to the conclusion that I have been asking the wrong question over the (soon to be) 28 years. For me, personally, it has always been a question of why. Why do people do the things they do? Why does Mike Brown refuse to play a small lineup against the Celtics? Why do Koreans believe in fan death? Why do Romanians believe that walking around barefoot will cause arthritis?

These questions are all well and good. The question I have started asking recently is, "Why not?". When I see seven men watching one man do all the work, "Why shouldn't they be?". When I see a man driving down the wrong way of a one way street, "If he's not going to be arrested, why not?".

There are some advantages to this line of thinking. First, it gives me a fall back sarcastic comment when I see someone doing something stupid. It also gives me a little perspective. I have always been a fairly level headed individual and this simple change of thinking allows me to see the humor of things that normally annoy me. A kid tapping their pencil on the desk (a pet peeve of teachers everywhere), as long as it's not disrupting the other kids, "Why not?". 

As long as it is not causing any harm (and sometimes when it is), just asking yourself, "Why not?" with a grain of salt can go a long way.