Understandings

"Why?"
It's the hardest, most frustrating, most pointed question in any language.

"Why me?"

"Why did you do it?"

"Why is the sky blue?"

"Why?"

The last is the hardest and depends on tone.

And yet, we have a desperate need to answer that question. Humans can't live in the unknown. We even tell those who don't ask, "why," they are ignorant.
Standing in the fields and cities, we look to the skies and stars and ask, "Why are we here?"

The worst, however, is when someone looks at you after you present a gift and asks, "Why?"

I recently gave someone a nice gift. I didn't mind that she asked me why as I know it was a total surprise.

What bothered me was the response from others.
"Why did you do that? You're not even that close."
"Why? I've known you longer...I should have been given a gift like that?"
"Why? I mean what are you trying to get out of this?"

Look, here's the bottom line:
I don't need a reason.
I did something nice for a person I respect and care about. That's it. If you're desperate for a reason, then pick and choose from these:

Because I can
Because I knew how much she wanted it going all the way back to the beginning of vita.mn
Because sometimes the very thought of making someone happy is enough to push back the cynicism for another day
Because Karma exists
Because sometimes, comrades, we don't need a reason. We truly can be selfless.

I did something nice for a person who many would argue I barely know. I would say I did something nice for someone who has never put me down, who has never judged me, and who has never used me.

I did something to prove that good things come to those who wait.

If you can't fathom that, then you don't understand the idea behind "why"....

Here endeth the lesson.