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It's OK if You're Not Ok. No One Who's Paying Attention Right Now, is.
“How are you?” I asked my dear friend Julie, as she fell down into her chair across from me with a loud exhale.
“I’m OK.” she replied almost immediately, with a squinting forced smile that I long ago learned meant she wasn’t being completely truthful.
“Let’s try this again,” I said, slowing down and looking directly at her. “Really… how are you?”Tears quickly pooled in her eyes and her voice quivered slightly as she shook her head and squeaked out, “I’m not OK.”
“Whew, thank God!” I shot back. “I didn’t want to be the only one!”
No one is OK right now.
At least, no one with working empathy…
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