[caption id="attachment_4905" align="aligncenter" width="428" caption="image courtesy of www.buzzfarmers.com"][/caption] Lurking behind the often simple questions of who, what, and where, comes the more complex why. “Why?” is the one word underlying everything we do. Sometimes we ask ourselves why, at other times we figure, why not? At times all we want to know is why, but soon even this question becomes irrelevant. Then it’s time to move on from the questioning, because the “why?” is often unanswerable. Ultimately, we’ll never really know why people do what they do, why we’re here, or why the world is the way it is. Some why’s from the Six-Word community pose difficult, introspective questions, some are rhetorical, some questions are asked with the hope that their readers might have an answer. So explore the memoirs below: ponder on some, click on others to comment and provide an answer, or a question, in return. Whether the why is a question or the beginning of an answer, the word asks us to interact with each other. Often lament WHY? Rarely care who. — favepeep Knowing what, learning how, remembering why. — ba_miracle Perplexed. Corner of how and why. — canadafreeze Sometimes, you need a reason why. — ashashahn Sometimes it actually doesn't matter why. — unknown116 Don't tell me why, show me. — CreativeMagus And then I thought why not? — HopeConquersAll

Last month, The New York Times released this article exploring the ramifications on the mind and body caused by a lack of sleep. Lately, there just seems to be too much to accomplish when the sun is up that our designated sleeping hours are getting cut drastically short. Some six-word scribes believe that believe that letting out six expressive words on sleep can help counter the insomnia, the nightmares and whatever else we find getting in the way of a good night's rest .

Counting sheep? Writing myself to sleep. - lillybrook

My love sleeps alone. I type. - RichardFrancis

Sleep eludes me, let's get breakfast. - MikeCherrone

Making husband sleep on metaphorical couch. - ErikaStellar

Sleeping trumps partying at my age. - ChewyD2

Trying to sleep; sandman skipped me. - TheAngstyPoet

Sleep deprivation-once again my muse. - BalancingAct

Too much life goes by asleep. - Wench

- memo

Talks in sleep. Secrets of subconscious. - izzyhindle

Getting old, fell asleep while dreaming. - RaisedByWolves