okay is… okay!
I learned something today… that when someone walks by and asks how you are doing, it is okay to say… “I’m okay!”. You don’t have to say “Good” or “Super!” just because it is what you are used to saying. It seems like most people will always use the same reply and just change their tone like, “How are you?” reply, “ohhh superrr” (long, drawn out, deep voice… topped off with a sigh). Now why not just say, “I’m doing okay, could be better” or “Actually, I’m not having the best day”. We get so caught up in this daily pattern of nonsense communication that occurs simply for the mere justification that we acknowledged the presence of another person, regardless if we care to hear their response or not. So I guess you wonder why not just say anything if they aren’t even listening for the answer? Well, today for me, the answer wasn’t for the person who asked, rather for myself. Why do I feel the need to maintain this robot like cheerfulness if I’m really not having a chipper day? When I replied with, “I’m okay”, I continued to walk on by thinking about what I could do to make myself feel a little bit better, rather than walking away thinking, “who am I kidding?” and then wonder how much longer I can keep this act up. It was quite refreshing and therapeutic to be vocally open with myself . Why are we so hard on ourselves these days? Everyone has an “okay” day… and that’s, well… okay!
KTV 