A commonly asked question- How are things ?
My answers - well, they go to beach, they stay at home , they are doing wonderfully, they are going to the dogs, they are going against the current and their end is as their beginning. They are doing their thing where you are and they are doing their thing where you are not. I have learnt over the past years that there is no way of telling how things are than by sparking of brief flares on the anvil of words inside one’s head or like ricochets off the surface of water.
Things neither do well or ill: they are never ill or well, even broken or discarded they are as they are – guileless and absurd.
Things are frequently the bearers of our thoughts, releasing them, accompanying them even diverting them from their course. You want to know how things are ? Very Simple
They are as yourselves – upto you to treat things as you treat yourselves. This morning I happened to run across the man who asked this question. I still don’t know who he is. He held out his hand and said “Well how are you and how are things?.....it struck me