I ask, “How are you?”.
“Busy”. “Flat out”. “So much going on.” That’s what I get back.
We might be busy. But busy is a choice of mindset, if you think about it.
It’s funny, busy-ness is what creates our aching need for more self-care and a deep desire to live a life we actually want. And yet, it’s also the the thing that prevents us from having this life.
Or put simply: we are too busy to live. Which is just craziness!
There’s also this. When I ask how you are, I’m not asking if you’re busy or not. The satiating, more connecting answer is a true description of where you are at, behind the busyness. The real you that’s always there, regardless of how much activity you’ve chosen to sign up for.
I read that Arabic for “How are you?” is Kayf haal-ik? In Persian it’s Haal-e shomaa chetoreh?
Which translates as,
“How is the state of your heart, in this breath?”