The difficulty in How are you?
1. You are to report on the asker's expectations of you.
2. You have higher standards for yourself, you cannot simply be okay and fine.
3. You take the question seriously, because you take the asker seriously.
Other than the problem of being true to yourself, there is the anxiety about not knowing who you are. But there is still this one: changing.
The best of friends are those who, without a word, tell you that it is okay to be happy doing what they did not think you would do, and that your worst self is their friend, too.
2. You have higher standards for yourself, you cannot simply be okay and fine.
3. You take the question seriously, because you take the asker seriously.
Other than the problem of being true to yourself, there is the anxiety about not knowing who you are. But there is still this one: changing.
The best of friends are those who, without a word, tell you that it is okay to be happy doing what they did not think you would do, and that your worst self is their friend, too.
