Beyond the answer
I have learnt that beyond the breezy ‘ I’m fine thank you’ response to our usual ‘How are you?’
Can lie heartbreak, discouragement, pain and so much sorrow
The ‘I’m fine thank you’ is an automatic default setting kind of answer
But, it takes a true friend, a sensitive one to decipher what lies just underneath the mechanical reply
A lot of people are hurting, a smile, a kind word or even a gift can keep someone going, give a renewed faith in humanity, make one stronger and happier
Life happens to all of us. No one is immune and so in this journey, we need each other’s shoulder to lean on intermittently.
Be the friend who sees beyond the façade and offers safe harbor