"I'm thriving, how are you?"

"I am thriving, how are you?" I think this is a great answer to the question I might be asked, "How are you?" Not "fine" which is a non-expressive word and tells you or me nothing--something to be used only in reference to how I want my coffee beans ground, or my flour or how I want my silk or even how frogs hairs are. It says nothing about how I am doing and is an escape word used by myself if I don't want to tell someone how I really am feeling or how my life really is or how I feel after falling off my bike. It is used to placate others, so they won't be worried about me, or fuss over me, when what I really want to say is, "my elbow is hurt" or "what you said to me hurt", or "it's a really shitty day!" So instead of saying "I'm fine" which can be an acronym for "fucked up, insecure neurotic and emotional", "I'm thriving, thank you, and how are you?"