The Road to Emotional Maturity

On the road to emotional maturity, the real breakthrough comes when you begin to be more concerned with the fact that you are upset--depressed, angry, bitter, fill in the blank with any form of negativity--than with what you are upset about.

This new approach would mean that you've finally seen the illogic of all forms of negativity. You've finally come to realize that an inner state fraught with negativity will never have a positive impact on your environment. At that point, in other words, you have begun to focus your attention on your inner state as the key to shaping your reality.

The Universe Blesses Our Obsessions

May all yours be profitable.

Medicare pays for $93,000 Drug That Extends life 4 Months?

Medicare will now pay for a prostate cancer drug called Provenge that costs $93,000 and only promises to extend life for 4 months?

What's wrong with this picture?

According to the linked article, "Medicare is legally prohibited from considering price when deciding whether to pay for a new treatment." If I were CEO of a pharmaceutical company, I would see this rule as a license to print money, as I'm sure the forward thinking folks at Dendreon Corp., the company that makes Provenge, obviously did. They estimate $1 billion in sales next year alone!

Question: Is death so frightening that a person would spend $93,000 to stave it off just 4 months?