Egos everywhere

I've often referred to a person's ego as values, beliefs and identity. Now, we can experience ego and these characteristics first-hand in our social lives.

Today, there is an enormous divide between people in our society. The divide has a lot to do with ego. At this time, one of the simplest, yet prominent, areas displaying ego in our society is mask wearing.

Not wearing or wearing a mask has become a statement, a competition and a behavior for non-mask promoters as well as mask promoters. By statement, I mean a political and a personal statement. Both are ego statements.

As a political statem...