The Power of Questions, Revisited--Audience Participation Encouraged!

This morning I have a conversation that leaves me wondering: what one question could I ask which, when answered, would most completely reveal the essense of a person's being?

Half hour later, as I chew on this, I am granted the ultimate luxury out of the blue: permission to ask not one but FIVE questions-- and be answered.

I begin my list. What would YOU ask? And at least as importantly, what do you yearn to be asked?