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
Don’t care. Why should I pretend?
— elobe6
If life is short, why wait?
— Romomo
Why are we as we are?
— Wench
Why is choosing happiness so hard?
— notjustagirlintheworld
Why was I not born earlier?
— EtherealBlue
Why should we hide our scars?
— Kae
Long-ago lover inhabited recent dream. Why?
— lovelylizard
Why does it have to end?
— SingleGal
Why did I open the door?
— Eneri
Why do you write six-words memoirs?
by BalancingAct
Why am I always the follower?
bydonttripme
He’s the reason, I’m the why.
— canadafreeze
Did his laundry. Don’t know why.
— DynamicDbytheC
What is gained by asking why?
— FrancisDiClemente
You know it. Why say it?
— Amapola
Never said bye. Never said why.
— Ambee66
I ask myself why every day.
— bellefiore
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bevvie
Why?
lillybrook
Why not?
Unknown116
Sometimes it really doesn’t matter why.
Georgette
Don’t ask why just do it!
Vincent
Explain why you can’t answer this.