4 words people need to hear

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I'm going to take one more day away from my new experimental format, because I feel moved to share a specific message.

That message is: “It’s not your fault.”

• If you’ve lost your job recently, it’s not your fault.

• If your clients are scared and scaling back and you're afraid about keeping things together, it’s not your fault.

• If you find yourself waking up in the middle of the night afraid, it’s not your fault.

I know not everyone needs to hear this. But, our readership here at Understandably is diverse, and these days, I'm hearing from at least three kinds of people:

• The ones who've worked hard over the years but have now been hit hard by Covid-19 and the economic aftermath. Some are holding it together. Others are having a hard time.

• The ones who are OK for the moment, but who worry about what might be coming around the bend.

• The ones who are actually doing quite well, or well enough, but who are concerned about everyone else—and who often display an admirable sense of empathy, and sometime…