Are you ok?

We ask this question so often, but what is okay? What do we hope to hear back, and do we even stay long enough to listen? I read this yesterday, and I was drawn to it. Maybe our days are not just about being okay or not okay, but perhaps we can focus a bit more on the many worthy things we are.

May be a doodle of bird and text that says 'I am So, what else not okay today. in the absence of okay, can I be? I I I I can be gentle. I can be unashamed. can turn my pain into connection. can be a student of stillness be awake to nature. I can sharpen my empathy against the stone of my discomfort. can I am not okay today, but I am many worthy things. Jarod K. Anderson'