What is the most important question we can ask? No, I know what you're thinking. It's not the whole marriage proposal thing, no matter how important it is. The question is just one word. One word that questions the entirety of the universe. And that is a big-ass thing to question. Especially for one, single, itty bitty, 3 letter word.

Why?

No, I'm not using a literary device up there to draw in your attention, nor is it setting up any answers. Because that, my friends, is the question. Not just any question, the question, the most important question we can ask. Just a simple "why?". 3 letters are the most important question we can ask. Why? (Lol, you guys are probably so confused.)

It is the most important question, because of what it does. It questions. It puts the unfathomable in a solid, concrete form. Such as, "Why do we kill people who kill people to show that killing people is wrong?" "Why" has so many purposes. "Why" puts things in perspective, or simply asks for information. "Why" allows you to question, allows you to think, to make things into a solid form, and oftentimes has no real answer. "Why do we think?" It gives us a way of putting some of the biggest things at a small level. The other questions almost always have concrete answers.

"Who is buried in Grant's Tomb?"

"General Ulysses S. Grant."

"What euthanasia?"

"Young people in China."

"When was the war of 1812?"

"Approximately 3:42 in the afternoon." (Don't trust that answer.)

Those are simple questions that can even be applied to God. Who is he? And omnipotent, abstract being who created all. The same goes for "What is He?" When did he get here? He was always here. But Why is he here? That is an open ended question that has no real answer. My favorite author, Douglas Adams (the original DNA), says the answer is 42. Which is good enough for me, and I usually make a lot of references to this subject. Look for the number 42, you'll see it everywhere. I do at least. And read Adams's books. They really put things in perspective.

But back to "why." (Microsoft Word would be going crazy.) Another trippy thing to do would be to question "why" itself. Why do we have "why"? Well, for those of you who don't accept 42, ask yourself this. Why not? In my (and Douglas Adams's) opinion, the alphabet should go not go "X Why? Z", but instead, "X Why Not?" Think about it. And if you feel trippy, I've found a drug that's good for your head.