Life is a bitter-sweet thing,A promising journey leading nowhere,A beautiful castle made of sand,And a story of sinners and saints. All the dazzling colours of Spring,its intoxicating fragrance,and embracing arms of the sun,will end in a cold dark night. Gone are the...
I like that special feeling of listening to the rain in spring, when the sky was sad and misty and my heart was young and lonely. I like that special feeling of watching the silent stream, flowing through the village, with a message to my beloved. But that was long,...
The above title sums up the main thrust of all my academic and professional activities this year. It is never easy to change people’s deeply entrenched negative view of suffering, but I have at least turned the corner, thanks to the pandemic. Now, more people are...
This is perhaps the oldest and most urgent question. The proverbial Job raised the question. The wise man Solomon raised the same question. Countless philosophers and psychologists have wrestled with the mystery of suffering. After four decades of research, I still do...
(This paper was co-authored with Gökmen Arslan, Mehmet Akif Ersoy University) Positive psychology emphasizes the importance of virtues and an individual’s signature strengths, such as hope and gratitude (Lopez & Snyder, 2009; Peterson & Seligman, 2004). In...
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