I’m Fine, Thanks

I don’t have a poker face. And I can’t seem to lie, even a little bitty white one, if someone asks me how I’m doing. Today I was asked how I was doing. I said I’m okay. He said, okay? Just okay? Don’t you know how blessed you are? Look at all this beauty and wonder around you! You have a beautiful daughter and a great house and the Lord’s provision abundantly! (Or something to that affect) So I started to wonder…really…why do we ask each other how we are doing if we don’t want to hear the truth? Or don’t have the time to hear it. Or are too busy to hear it. The fact that I’m just okay and not FABULOUS today is not a life sentence and it doesn’t mean that I don’t appreciate and respect all that I DO have. I am entitled to having a day of refinement in which I do not feel on top of the world, right? But really…without trying to get all deep and everything, I just wonder…how do we respond in total and absolute honesty when someone asks us that question? If I say I’m great, then they know I’m lying. Cuz its written all over my face and countenance. I can’t hide the burdens I carry. Don’t think I want to even try. I reckon I could just say…I’m processing…check back in an hour or two. :O)