How Are You?

A question that essentially means nothing to most of the world. In some countries they ask in their respective language, "where are you going?" instead. But in the beloved U.S. of A. we chose, "How are you?" I would personally prefer the former; this is due to the fact that I almost always have somewhere to be but can almost never tell you how I am. Why is is often easier to answer where you are going than where you have been? Forward even rolls off the toungue better than backward. Can I answer, "I am presently looking forward, how are you?" Why won' t that suffice? Has anyone ever heard a really good answer to the question, "how are you?" that would make you want to ask it again? So ponder that while I ask,

How are you? or if you prefer, Where are you going?