I was in Thailand, in the North where there was a lot of fogged in days, at least up in the mountains.  My mood was really getting affected after a while.  I was bummed out much of the day, and noticed myself walking around the forest thinking, 'Why can't I shake this malaise?'  The question repeated over and over, and I'd struggle with it like a Zen koan, and just feel worse that I was apparently too stupid to figure out the answer. 

Then one day, walking back from a dismal hike, coming through the gate of the village I was living in, I asked the question again, but for some reason it seemed to actually come out as a question.  The difference was like, 'Hmm, I wonder what's keeping this in place?'  Which may sound similar, but there was a part of me that came online, a rational, data-driven place that, when it showed up, backlit what had been going on.  That I'd been actually saying, 'I'm miserable,' but in the cloak of a question.  When the cloak dropped off, the answers came quickly and without a lot of struggle.  Like, 'Oh, duh, it's been foggy and I always get low when there's not enough sunlight.  And I'm eating poorly and am far from home.  Oh!'  And then the solutions came quickly and with that clarity I could actually take action.  But it required getting clear what was a question, and what was me saying, 'Ow!'"

Closing your eyes, imagine you are in a safe, protected field of grass.  It's sunny, mild, a pretty nice place to be.  (Change the place if you need to, so long as the felt-sense is one of comfort and safety/peacefulness.)

Now, you see an old fashion well there a little bit in front of you.  It has stones around the edge (you won't fall in).  This is a magic well, but you have to read the plaque on the side to understand what kind of magic.

So, what you need to do is think of a question you want answered, and imagine it as having form, and resting in your upturned palms.  Whatever feels like it's natural form, pretty or not so pretty, is just fine.

Now, with your question formed, you walk up to the well and read the plaque:  "This is a magic well.  It's magic because it will answer your questions.  However, it only answers on it's own schedule.  Your job is to ask, and then step back with an open patience.  The Magic Well's job is to answer."

The well is deep, and you step forward and tip the question gently off your hands to drop down into the darkness.  Now you step back and practice the patience of waiting, knowing that eventually, and appropriately, the answer will return to you. 

Good work!