"Hi, how are you?"
"I am fine"
I don't know how many times, the same exact combination of these words have been repeated since time immemorial. Who started this? whoever did, sure had a wicked sense of humor.
I remember the speaker in my first ever corporate training telling, no body really wants to know how you are actually doing, just make a habit of saying you are fine.
Being someone who was new to the etiquette of formal meets and greets I decided to nod on that topic and agree to do what was expected to be done.
(Are we out of ideas as a species to do something else than the ever repeated set of sentences to get our morning started or get a conversation going?)
What is the point of asking someone how they are if you don't have the time or energy to spend in listening to them. If you want to ask me how I am, you better be prepared to listen a neurotic monologue!
Speaking of monologues, you should listen to this (even if you have already!)
AND
What is the point of telling someone you are fine when you are actually not?!
Nobody is ever fine!
Its like setting life on cruise control. "Here we go 70 miles per hour. The road is long and straight and the music is on".
"I am fine"
I don't know how many times, the same exact combination of these words have been repeated since time immemorial. Who started this? whoever did, sure had a wicked sense of humor.
I remember the speaker in my first ever corporate training telling, no body really wants to know how you are actually doing, just make a habit of saying you are fine.
Being someone who was new to the etiquette of formal meets and greets I decided to nod on that topic and agree to do what was expected to be done.
(Are we out of ideas as a species to do something else than the ever repeated set of sentences to get our morning started or get a conversation going?)
What is the point of asking someone how they are if you don't have the time or energy to spend in listening to them. If you want to ask me how I am, you better be prepared to listen a neurotic monologue!
Speaking of monologues, you should listen to this (even if you have already!)
AND
What is the point of telling someone you are fine when you are actually not?!
Nobody is ever fine!
Its like setting life on cruise control. "Here we go 70 miles per hour. The road is long and straight and the music is on".
Really? I don't think so! I believe that the road is full of ups and downs, curves and company.
Accelerations, decelerations and sudden unexpected brakes.
(I will take this one back, I should stop being too much of a traffic engineer!).
(I will take this one back, I should stop being too much of a traffic engineer!).
Anyway, the point is:
No! life can't be just fine. Fine is like those statistical measures, like average so so so of so so so is..
You have a hundred things on your mind! Ones that make you laugh your heart out, and the ones that make you sweat, bleed and have those moist eyes that you want to deny.
If your life is "fine", being the tiniest bit of the infinite randomness that you and me are, I ask you to get out and go take a fucking chance!
No! life can't be just fine. Fine is like those statistical measures, like average so so so of so so so is..
You have a hundred things on your mind! Ones that make you laugh your heart out, and the ones that make you sweat, bleed and have those moist eyes that you want to deny.
If your life is "fine", being the tiniest bit of the infinite randomness that you and me are, I ask you to get out and go take a fucking chance!
