Selective Amnesia

Let me see, things seem to be in working condition.

So, somebody just sends me a message, asking, very seriously and all, ‘Are you alive?’.
What do I answer?
On the one hand, I am touched somebody cares enough about me to wonder about my life, or even my death. Especially for the person who sent me the message is someone I don’t know. For sure, the phone number is something I didn’t recognize.
On the other hand, I probably should take offence that people, anonymous people at that, assume, very easily, that I am closer to the grave. Positivity, people, is a good thing. You should try it. Would it have hurt, really, to ask ‘Hey, long time since I heard from you. Hope you are doing well!’ ? (notice the exclamation, folks.)
Oh well, one lives and dies, I suppose. Except, in the words of Woody Allen, I wish I wouldn’t be around when I do die.