The consequences of what I say and do. No more, but certainly no less. Minor words and actions can have far-reaching and unpredictable effects. I can't take responsibility for another person's actions- to me, that dehumanizes the other person. But I can acknowledge the influence my words and deeds may have had on that person's decision. For better or for worse.

To me, a "real" question is a question asked with intent to deepen one's pool of knowledge. Rhetorical questions can be entertaining, but to call them questions is like sticking a candle in a Little Debbie and calling it a birthday cake. A question seeks answers. A question fathers knowledge and  furthers wisdom. Sure, rhetorical questions can do all that to a brief extent, but they only emphasize what a person already knows. But they're hardly a celebration of gained lore.

I think that, while I enjoy the new, I'm more fascinated by the old. When I handle antique books left to me by my grandmother, I'm always struck by the sensation of age the thing has, as if it carried with it the imprint of everything that went on around it. The sensation is somehow weighty and reassuring. It tells me that even if my body fades to dust, my mind and my words, my essence of self, never has to fade.  Old things also serve as a wonderfully pointed reminder that we don't always know as much as we think we do, and may have even forgotten more, as a species, than we ever knew.
 At the same time, though, I enjoy playing with old, broken things and making them new again. I like shamelessly reinvented fashions like steampunk and loli clothing, I adore retro ads and signs reworked and restored, and very much love Roaring Twenties decor and architecture done with modern materials.
 Also, I believe life follows cycles, and that there is nothing under the sun that has never been seen or thought before- it just may not have been thought or seen by us. For me, looking back is just another way to look forward. With this perspective, old and new are the same thing expressed from different points in linear time. The old just has more documentation...lol.