We like to think that we are masters of our own lives, but are we really? If we had our way, would we have asked for the coronavirus to derail our lives from their carefully planned routes? Would we have…
America, like the rest of the world, faces an ongoing war against an invisible enemy, COVID-19. Prevention of its spread, though, is highly visible in the use of face masks. This prophylactic measure has split the public between those who…
The life we see outside the window is a reflection of our connection with each other. Violent demonstrations in American cities and a new wave of coronavirus around the world are first and foremost social problems. We could solve them…
“At least 14 states have seen an increase in coronavirus hospitalizations since Memorial Day weekend. Arizona is now seeing more than 1,000 new daily cases and the state’s former health director is sounding the alarm,” reported CBS This Morning (June 12, 2020).…
Teenagers are at an age where they start looking for meaning in life. They feel that they’re beginning their lives and consider what directions it should take. In today’s conditions, this line of thinking brings them to the realization that…
I can sympathize with the desire to reopen the economy and return to “normalcy.” The emotional strain of being locked down, the uncertainty and anxiety over the future, the loneliness of millions who live alone in their homes, all…
Fear kills. As COVID-19 continues spreading and the appalling death toll in America and the world rises, the fear of the unknown is causing extreme anxiety — “coronaphobia.” US physicians are worried about additional deaths occurring as a large number of patients…
Many people want to show their pain when they are suffering or in a bad mood, as in, “A sorrow shared is a sorrow halved.” But if you project negative emotions and burden others with your pain because it makes…
As we start to reopen the economy, we see an anticipated intensification of the coronavirus unfolding—its infecting more and more children. In the United States, United Kingdom and Spain, children are getting infected and dying. As we continue the coronavirus…
It started with the sick and elderly, but no one was alarmed. Then healthy elderly began to die and we got slightly worried. After some time, grownups in their 50s, 40s, and their 30s started to get sick and die,…
No. There is no end of the world. Matter continually changes and upgrades, never dying. The coronavirus, as well as other epidemics, natural disasters, and literally any form that appears negative toward us from nature, surfaces in order to ultimately…
As distressing a problem as suicide is in and of itself, suicide among doctors is particularly troubling. Hundreds of doctors take their lives each year at a rate of over double that of the general population. Why do so many doctors, a…