My friend once asked me, “If you had to get to know someone by asking them only one question, what would you ask them?” I thought about it for a very long time and eventually settled on this: “What's the best compliment you never expected to receive?” The answer doesn’t just tell you the kind of compliments the person is given, but what they think of themselves. I found this question my friend asked to be so interesting, that the next few days I went around my high school asking people for their answer. I compiled a list of some of the best answers I received:

1. What is worth living for?

2. What would you do if you won the lottery?

3. What do you think about other people?

4. What's the worst thing about your best friends?

5. What's the one thing you need in a friendship or look for in a friend?

6. What is the most important thing in your life?

7. Have you run into any trees today?

8. Where do you come from?

9. What's your favorite thing to do on your day off?

10. Do you believe in love?

11. If you could only have one thing in the world, what would it be?

12. Which character do you find most like you and why?

If you or your friends ever have time, try answering some of these questions. Or walk up to a total stranger and ask them. Trust me, it'll be fun.