When @lovelydayandco posted her response to the age-old question of
“How are you?”
I felt the words so deeply and felt obligated to share her wisdom:
Words by @lovelydayandco // Design by Mint and Merit #mintandmeritdesign
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Such a basic question,
“how are you?” Yet over the past year or so,
I’ve searched for the words to answer.
I could say “I’m great, thanks.
How are you?”
And keep it moving.
But that doesn’t feel real right now.
It feels like a surface answer
from a person who lives to go
beyond surface. How can I give an honest reply
to this question that is likely
just being used as a greeting?
How do I practice being true
to myself, being vulnerable and also
not dumping or oversharing?
So when asked, I’m usually quiet
for a moment, gathering my thoughts,
assessing how much I want to share,
if I have the time or energy to go there
and if they have the time, energy or
desire to go there with me and I say
something like this:
“I am choosing joy and gratitude
in the midst of the messy and the hard.”
. . .
Because it’s true for me.
It usually always is.
Life is so so full of joy and fun
and adventure and opportunity…
and also full of pain and adversity.
And I am grateful for all of it.
So, tell me, friends,
how are you today?
Such a basic question,
“how are you?” Yet over the past year or so,
I’ve searched for the words to answer.
I could say “I’m great, thanks.
How are you?”
And keep it moving.
But that doesn’t feel real right now.
It feels like a surface answer
from a person who lives to go
beyond surface. How can I give an honest reply
to this question that is likely
just being used as a greeting?
How do I practice being true
to myself, being vulnerable and also
not dumping or oversharing?
So when asked, I’m usually quiet
for a moment, gathering my thoughts,
assessing how much I want to share,
if I have the time or energy to go there
and if they have the time, energy or
desire to go there with me and I say
something like this:
“I am choosing joy and gratitude
in the midst of the messy and the hard.”
. . .
Because it’s true for me.
It usually always is.
Life is so so full of joy and fun
and adventure and opportunity…
and also full of pain and adversity.
And I am grateful for all of it.
So, tell me, friends,
how are you today?
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Brooke Feldman of @lovelydayandco empowers creatives + solopreneurs to show up for themselves and their biz.
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Brooke Feldman of @lovelydayandco empowers creatives + solopreneurs to show up for themselves and their biz.
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