Financial Panic & First Aid

OK, a brief emergency post.

What is gone is gone. Did you just lose a lot of savings, an idea of how your future would be? Or did you get diagnosed with Stage IV cancer? Be sure to keep things in perspective. (And yes, today about 4000 people will get diagnosed with cancer in the US.)

Today:

• Do something positive for your physical health.
• Listen supportively to one person you know who you suspect is in a more precarious position than you are. Listen to them. Don't talk about yourself. They might not talk about what's going on, but they probably need to feel connected. If you don't do "talking," then do what you would do to lend support.
• If you still have money to manage, invest not only with an eye to finding a safe harbor for financial capital in this Category V hurricane, but with an eye to where you're going to rebuild in the future. 

Remember this: human beings can be safe and happy given kindness, trust, the ability to express their creativity and a way to fit into their society.

Guard those things.

Comments

[Miriam]

Thank you Jessica. All very good pieces of advice.

[Alex Rose]

Amen!