https://lenmahlangu.online/tags/human-connection/ Recent content in Human-Connection on Bytes & Stuff Hugo -- 0.152.2 en-us Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://lenmahlangu.online/posts/how-are-you/ Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://lenmahlangu.online/posts/how-are-you/ <p>“How are you?”</p> <p>It’s a question most of us ask almost automatically. A social reflex. A greeting more than an inquiry.</p> <p>Yet this week, I was asked that question twice, and for some reason, it stopped me in my tracks.</p> <p>Not because I didn’t know how to answer it, but because it felt unfamiliar.</p> <p>That realisation has stayed with me longer than I expected.</p> <p>I’ve been trying to figure out why it felt so strange. Is it because I’m simply not used to being asked? Or is it because I’ve become so accustomed to keeping things moving that I no longer know how to respond when someone genuinely pauses to check in?</p>