Never Lie

by Freida McFadden

My mother always said not to leave the house in shoes you can’t walk a mile in.

How are you? The three most useless words in the universe of communication. Nobody who asks that question wants to know the answer. And nobody who answers ever tells the truth. “I’m fine, Paige.”

Studies using functional MRI have shown the same areas of the brain become activated both during rejection and during real physical pain.