The word "okay"
If you're "fine," you're probably not
All day long, we ask people how they’re doing. All day long, we’re asked by people how we’re doing.
It’s anodyne, it’s a tic, it’s a greeting in the checkout line. (To my taste, the folks at Trader Joe’s are a bit too nosy.) But sometimes, between friends, it’s a sincere question, and if I listen clos…
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