Instead, the kids would recall a special moment. Answering correctly
when their teacher called on them. Getting an extra ten minutes at recess.
Spending time with their best friend after school.
It's a great question.
What made this day more special than any other?
My young kids are now grown with families of their own. They ask their
children the same question.
I often still ask that very question when I'm talking with someone
individually or in a group. Sometimes, I hear about a promotion at work, or
a success with a customer. Often, someone relates a very small thing that
brought great joy. It may have been a smiling child, an incandescent sunset,
or an intimate conversation with their spouse.
It's magical. It's not unlike the stars of the sky whose beauty increases
when they are studied for a long time, and new stars are discovered.
The question momentarily stops a person. It is, as Robert Frost writes, “at
the threshold of discovery.” The wheels begin turning. And then come the
joy and a smile.
Try it. Ask the question at your dinner table. If you're lucky enough to
have young kids still at home, ask it when you're tucking them into bed.
Ask it of some of your friends. You will find sparkling moments of high
happiness and rapture when the soul is laid bare.
If the description of a power question is one that is thought-stretching and
calls for a response, this is indeed a question packed with punch and vigor.
Mystical magic.
Dylan Thomas writes of being touched by life and etched in fire. That's it!
That's it exactly. “What made this day more special than any other?”
Invite others to share their most treasured moments with you. Help
them relish and savor their days by asking,
“What made this day
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