Brutus is honest about the fact things aren’t going well for him today. I wonder if the same is true for all of us. Most of the time, when asked: “How are things going?” I’ll reply: “Going good.” even though things really aren’t going well.
A portion of it is because the person asking really doesn’t want to know how I am, it simply is a gesture in the direction of courtesy and manners. The other side of it and likely the major part is that I’ve no wish to burden anyone with whatever is going on in my life. After all, why would I want to distress someone else if something in my life has gone sideways.
The last people I would tell my difficulties to is someone who dislikes me. Why give them a chance to relish my misfortune and weaponize it against me?
I am fortunate though in that I have people I can talk to.
Brutus is honest about the fact things aren’t going well for him today. I wonder if the same is true for all of us. Most of the time, when asked: “How are things going?” I’ll reply: “Going good.” even though things really aren’t going well.
A portion of it is because the person asking really doesn’t want to know how I am, it simply is a gesture in the direction of courtesy and manners. The other side of it and likely the major part is that I’ve no wish to burden anyone with whatever is going on in my life. After all, why would I want to distress someone else if something in my life has gone sideways.
The last people I would tell my difficulties to is someone who dislikes me. Why give them a chance to relish my misfortune and weaponize it against me?
I am fortunate though in that I have people I can talk to.