I have learnt about the intentionality behind asking questions such as “how are you doing "..... While I was younger, I didn't see the need; never saw its importance, until my mum began to teach me and let me see the importance. I remember one time I was down (sick), a friend to one of my friends, who I had never spoken with asked me “how is your health? ".. My God! That meant a lot to me... Ever since then, I have taken it upon myself to always check on people, not to show I'm courteous, but to be intentional about it... Sometimes, I may even go as far as asking twice or three times to be really sure the person is fine.
Your post is really enlightening... Hope you are doing good sir?