The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines guilt as “feelings of deserving blame, especially for imagined offenses or from a sense of inadequacy.” For example, maybe if someone volunteered to edit a weekly newsletter, and then forgot about that until the very last minute, and had to scramble and pressure and wheedle contributors, thereby making what should have been a peaceful process into a stressful one, and then, rather than crafting a thoughtful, hilarious, and insightful introduction, choked at the prospect of trying to put this week’s newsletter theme, GUILT, into the context of the hell week that just passed re: law and order and rights and violations, and instead regurgitated the dictionary definition of the theme like a boring bridesmaid’s toast, that person might experience something akin to guilt.