How are you, really?

Inviting Honesty into your Inner World

I noticed a number of years ago how whenever I was asked “how are you", I would always answer with either ‘busy’ or ‘tired’. One day, a friend asked if I was available, and said she expected I would be busy. That shook me awake.

I realized I didn’t want to be known as busy or tired. I didn’t want people to expect me to be unavailable or exhausted. I did…