Well, I'll Be

That's not a phrase I use very often. In fact, I rarely use it all. So rarely that I have to question myself when I do use it.

I had a phone conversation today with what I presume is an older man, at least from the way his voice sounded on the phone. At one point during the conversation, he said something; and I found myself replying, "Well, I'll be."

If I used that phrase during most of my daily, regular conversations, I would imagine I would probably get a good number of blank stares back at me. This is because it's not a phrase that I tend to use very much. I find that I use this phrase most often when I am talking to someone whom I think would probably like to hear it, not necessarily because I want or feel a need, from within myself, to say it.

There is nothing necessarily wrong with saying that particular phrase, or phrases like it. But when we say phrases or do things out of a desire to please someone else and not at all from a sense of who we are or by being true to ourselves, we should probably pause for a second and question what exactly it is that we are doing.