Hey!

How are you? The majority of us hear this question all day, every day. But how are you, really? Facebook asks "What's on your mind?" And we answer with (a random sample from this minute's updates)

"Got a new phone and needs numbers"
"Just saw Inception, the top didn't drop, what does that mean?!"
"I lost a tooth. Not mine, a friend's"
"I'm so broke, I can't even pay attention"

I love it.

In today's world, between texting, emails, bbm, tweets, and blogs,we have the means to tell millions of people exactly what is on our mind. But in truth, people rarely say what they mean. With all of this added technology in the quest of making us better communicators, is anyone actually sharing her point of view?

How are you?
I'm good.
How are you, really?
I'm stressed, but still good.

Maybe we created all of these means of communication to make it easier. It's hard to be honest with ourselves, let alone others. Some people may ask those questions as a socially acceptable way to begin a conversation. Some people may ask because they don't know what else to ask. Some people have it so in grained in their greetings that it's all one phrase "Heyhowareya?" Some people genuinely care how the other person is dealing with life.

Whatever the case may be, I'm trying to be more honest. I want to listen more. I want to ask questions and care about the answers.

Let's use our points of view to create positive change in the world.

Let's help each other grow into the most complete versions of ourselves.

I've decided to place faith in the technology. Letting a blog keep me honest, attempt to communicate better,
so AAR - at any rate
here's where I am today.