[Avodah] our way of (roundabout) speaking

[Joseph Kaplan]

"Case in point:  Q. How are you feeling? A. Baruch Hashem.
The question was never really answered. 
(Hashem is and should be blessed (IMO) no matter how we are feeling at the time, 
and yes it is true that things could always be worse (or better)....but why does 
saying "Baruch Hashem" answer the question/issue at hand???"

I remember my charedei aunt telling me about the little girl she met in someone's house and when my aunt asked her how she was she responded "not so Baruch Hashem."  True story.

Joseph Kaplan