This "story" I guess I could call it, is very true. Everyone gets asked that question everyday but no one ever answers it truely. If they do, all its gets the person that asked the question more questions and confusion. Questions about why the person feels that way and confusion about how they can help or if they can do anything at all. So all the person can say is "Fine". Nothing more, nothing less. Its an automatic answer that none of us can, or want to change.

hrmm... to that question, i usually answer, "i'm pretty good, how about you"... the main reason because i DO often feel happy.. and when the person replies, i really DO want to hear how they are, not just some rattled-off answer which doesn't describe them at all.
i'm a lucky person, acutally. i know i am (hehe, i also have a huge ego =)). but if you have friends who trust you enough to confide their fears and hurts in you, it means that you really ARE important. you're important to your friends, not JUST because you're someone to tell their fears to, but because u make them happy, and cheer them up when they're feeling down. maybe if htey told all of that to someone else, that someone else wouldn't be able to help them the way u do. and even if it feels like you don't do anything for them, you often are.. more people think of you than u'd realise... have u ever thought back in ur past, say, of a friend who u lost contact with 6 years ago?? because i do, often. and while they probably don't know that i even remember them, i do. and so do many other people. hehehe, ever heard that quote, "someone, somewhere, is thinking of u"??
i know what it's like to feel sad and fearful for some reason that u have no idea about... i still hven't figured out why - it could be that you're scared of change.. we all grow older, whether we like it or not
one of the main things, though, is maybe self-confidence. when you think that you're ugly, fat and lazy, that in itself is going to make u feel sad and discontent with life. unfortunately, life isn't fair. some people are prettier than others... i don't know whether u're some absolutely stunning girl who doesn't realise it or not =P but i do know that if u smile, u will always look beautiful
Insignificance. have you ever sat in a park by urself and watched the sunset?? coz if you haven't, i'd really suggest u try it! it's an amazing sight - even trees become these unbelievable things.. but you really haveta concentrate. you can think about how so many things around you are alive - the little bugs in the grass, and the leaves on the tree... and you'd feel insignificant. after all, there are so many living creatures in the world, and the earth is so huge that you might wonder how could one tiny person be important?? but if you think about it, in that sense, NONE of us are important. but because we're humans, and we're alive, our existences are gonna be our main priority. and our lives are affected by EVERYONE we meet - which means your life is important too. there is no single life that doesn't matter. you may feel useless at times, but you affect the lives of all the people around u in ways u simply wouldn't expect or know. and if you kept that in mind, it would be fantastic, because even just as a person, everyone is great and amazing in their own way - and i know that you are too. youmight not think so, but there are some things you just take for granted about yourself. you can read, which so many other people can't. any ideas that you come up with, every time u solve a problem, whether it be in school or everyday life... it's something that you should remember to congratulate yourself on, because it highlights just how much you CAN do.
if there's something that you'd like to try, to make urself a happier person, like improving ur fitness or something, then try it! even 5 sit-ups every night or so has an effect. you don't need to primp urself, but if ur face felt dirty and u wanted to wash it, then u could wash it! all these physical things tend to be necessary only when u want to do something about yourself. after all, when you feel content with the person you are and are pleased with how you act and what you do, then you're gonna start feeling a lot happier.
i love reading. i love watchign tv, and sitting on swings in the park even though i'm 18. i may look ridiculous doing hte last thing =P hehehe, but it's less what other ppl think of me than what i think of myself. so i do all those things anyway. I see yummy food... and, like all girls, i get that little twinge of guilt saying, noo! you're too fat!! but i have a tendency to indulge - whoops! but the point is, you should do what u enjoy too, if it makes u happy and content in the end.
walking in circles... we all feel like that sometimes - what's the point of everything... or the point of ANYTHIGN, more like it... in the end, i just decided that the point of going through everything we go through is to experience those times of happiness and content which drip into our lives - sometimes often, sometimes very very rare... but if u're happy, then for me, that's the point. you may not think the same way, but it's just something to consider.
lazy? lol, i'm lazy too. a very, VERY lazy person. but if that person told you that u were lazy, it must have hurt. the problem is that we've all got faults, and if we want the people we trust to be honest with us, we're gonna haveta deal with them telling us our faults sometimes. it's not something i really ever like hearing, no matter how much i do want to know what my faults are, because i tend to justify them in my head while i do it. i don't know if you do the same thing, but if u can take their criticism as something to learn from, so u can try be the best person that u want to be, then you're stronger and wiser than so many people who refuse to accept that htey have faults.
i don't know if any of this is gonna help you realise how special you are, but i truly hope it does. just as you have faults, you also have things which are so unique and good, and you should never forget that. you are NOT worthless - not in any sense of the word. If u want to look pretty, do what you think will make u look and feel neat, and SMILE! happiness is often contagious, and it makes a person so incredibly beautiful, which nothing else, not even make-up, can compare with.
well, i guess i'd better go now after this incredibly long reviewy thing... i'm really sorry if i offended you in any way, but i hope you at least consider it... tell yourself you're special and amazing, believe it, and see how it feels =)