Someone asked me “How are you?”. I know that when most people ask that they are already anticipating a canned answer such as “Fine” or “I’m doing well”. I was tempted to say “I’m not fine but thanks for asking” just to throw them off. That would be accurate but I doubt the person asking would have been prepared for that level of honesty. After all they were likely just being polite before moving into other conversion and not at all equipped to handle me telling them how far from “Fine” I’m actually feeling. Then again, perhaps I am not in a position to drop that kind of honesty on an unsuspecting person either. So a half smile and “Fine” it will be today.