This is a time a GREAT confusion ["בלבול נורא"]. I saw a podcast produced by a person who identifies himself as a rabbi. He is trying to help people deal with their anxiety related to this crisis. That is a very praiseworthy endeavor. So many anxious and nervous people in the world now!! So he should be commended.
However, he calls it "Believe In Yourself".
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
That is the whole point!!! People have to STOP believing in themselves and in people and to start believing in the only True Power. There is a famous passage in the writings of Rebbe Tzadok where he says that one must believe in himself. True. But he explains that he must FIRST believe in Hashem and then believe that Hashem is interested in him and that his soul is a spark from Above. The root of any power I have is from Hashem.
This is very empowering. Me alone am a nothing from nothing [גארנישט מיט גארנישט]. But with Hashem behind me I have UNLIMITED capacities.
We see in Tehillim that Dovid Hamelech was dealing with great fears and threats and there is not a WORD about believing in himself. It is ALL ABOUT trusting the One Above.
THAT is the surest solution to anxiety.
