Change Starts With a Question

Over the weekend, I had the opportunity to explore Toledo, Spain.

The sight of the castle and old streets

The feeling of old stones from the city walls with my hands.

Hearing the sounds of feet walking across the cobblestone.

I find myself full of wonder.

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป?

๐ป๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ค ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘“๐‘“๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘œ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’?

๐ท๐‘–๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘œ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ โ„Ž๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’?

๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘š?

๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘š?

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†?

๐‘Š๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘ฆ?

๐‘Š๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘‘?

๐ท๐‘–๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘”โ„Ž ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ก?

๐‘‚๐‘Ÿ ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฃ๐‘’?

I can only recount their experience through what is written in the history booksโ€ฆ.

And yet, when I come across these answers, I immediately inquire about the influences that created themโ€ฆ

For example, If the people of this land were healthy, happy, and loved by their king and queen, why?

What made this king and queen treat their people as people, vs other families of royalty?

What made them want to show more love and compassion for life, vs constricting and destroying it?

๐—œ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ, ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—น๐˜†โ€ฆ

But I want to know more about the origins of the fear in those that cared, vs those that destroyed?

As it leaves me wondering about their experiences that led to the mind of the destroyer vs the creator.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜ƒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ ๐˜ƒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜.

And while Iโ€™m not able to change the past, Iโ€™m led to the next questionโ€ฆ

IF the leaders of this kingdom were those that were filled with hate.

Filled with fearโ€ฆ

What could have been differentโ€ฆ

For the people

For the land

For the future of the country

๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒโ€ฆ ๐˜ƒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ?

And there may be many that believe that focusing on the concept that love conquers hate, is too idealistic and not pragmatic in natureโ€ฆ

And thatโ€™s okayโ€ฆ

And completely understandable,

because without a change in actions,

without a change in intention,

we are just focusing on ideals that are great in theory, but change nothing.

But I must say,

๐—œ๐—ณ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐˜€

๐—œ๐—ณ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜†

๐—œ๐—ณ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒโ€ฆ

๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ?

My time spent in Toledo was enjoyable to say the least.

And, I loved that the historical sights led me to writing such a post, merely by just existing, and peeking my curiosity.

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