Self-assessment

“How are you?”

As often and casually as it’s asked, it’s actually a complicated question. Particularly when we consider aperture and placement.

How wide of a window are we addressing? Right now? A few hours? Days? Months? More?

And where is that window situated? Does it capture the past few hours? The next few hours? The past season? The future?

Is this a question of physical health? Or is it emotional, spiritual, and mental too?

(It’s no wonder that, “fine,” and “pretty good,” are common responses.)

So often, we gauge how we are based on what’s happening in the moment, but that’s a painfully narrow peek.

What happens when we consider a much longer arc? Or the richness of possibility? How are we then?