Are you okay?

It starts with one lie “I am fine” or “Everything is okay” or “No problems, trust me.” But who are we kidding? Sometimes it is the truth. Are you sure?

 A simple question, “Are you okay?” can make you think over the answer again? You would be taken aback by the answer you get for this silly question, a long list of things that make you scream and shout out to the world and say, “NOTHING IS ALRIGHT. I AM FREAKING DROWNING HERE SO SOMEONE SAVE ME NOW.”

You realize that a friend you used to consider so dear because of a stupid silly thing called love now behaves weird and distant, like you both are at war. You used to blame other people that they are the ones who do not communicate and they are the ones responsible for creating problems between everyone. But when you come to know that you are the real problem, then what?

How much ever a person tries they cannot force words into someone’s mouth. At one point whatever is in the heart comes out. One day the truth they you had long bottled up and abandoned in the corner of your heart comes back to light and spills a secret so dark and vicious, that poison is an understatement for it.

You try to act all brave and normal that all this doesn’t affect you, but all this is pretence. In reality, you hurt like shit. When you are successful to find a reasonable solution a fear of “What will people think?” comes in your mind. A part of you says “Screw them. Why do you care?” But hell yes, I do. Because it’s just not my life that is dependent on it, many others are stuck with me in that sinking ship.

The point is, one simple question can make you wonder. It can make you realize that you actually are not okay and you have SO many troubles. But hey, that’s life right? One question is enough to make you realize your mistake so you don’t commit them twice.

So today ask yourself, “Are you okay?”