A Possible Response When Asked “How Is Your Day?”
We all get asked, ”How is your day?” or ” How is your day going?” or some variation of that question.
It seems like throwaway type of question. Maybe in many cases it is meaningless. Still, it reflects basic courtesy and a realization that other people exist in the world. These are things we can’t take for granted in our society.
At some point I started to reply to this question with the response “Everyday is a good day.”
At first it was really just a line. But I got such a positive response from people I began to think about it more.
If I thought it was completely trite I’d stop using the reply. However, the sense I get is that people think about what I’ve said for a moment and it helps put whatever may be bothering them in perspective.
An underlying issue is death. People will often say something like—”That’s right. any day you wake up is a good day.”
Black folks will often say: “I know that’s right” with an emphasis on the word know. Whites are a bit less emphatic, but I’m still certain they are glad they woke up for the day.
“Every day is a good day” is a small way to reply to a common courtesy that adds to people’s day and, also, makes you appear to have some insight even if you really have no special wisdom.
And if you repeat it enough you might begin to believe it yourself.
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Texas Liberal is a blog of politics and political history.
My name is Neil Aquino. Here is my profile.
I can be reached at naa618@att.net.
Additional focuses of the blog are books, art, poetry, personal relationships and, also, sea life and marine mammals.
( The picture above is of the Houston Ship Channel. A narrow channel can lead to a wide sea.)
The signature post of this blog is the Martin Luther King Reading & Reference List. This list is the best of it’s kind on the web.
Another good post is my reciting the words to the Shaker hymn Simple Gifts on Galveston Island, Texas as a ship passes behind.
I live in Houston, Texas and I do sometimes write about political issues in Houston and in Texas.
I also often write about my former hometown of Cincinnati, and about the great beach city of Galveston, Texas.
I define liberalism as a role for government in the economy to help make life more fair, and a broad acceptance of people regardless of who they are.
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Texas Liberal began regular posting on July 25, 2006.
I also blog at the Houston Chronicle as one of eight featured political bloggers, and on Where’s The Outrage? which posts out of North Carolina.
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It is normal for those of us that live in an urban environment to receive an occasional request for spare change. Occasionally we are able to help and receive a “god bless you” in return. In these moments I like to reply, “your blessing will suffice.” We both seem to enjoy the interaction which, when extended, adds value to the spare change.
Very good comment. Thank you.