How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division

by Elif Shafak

By placing others into boxes we are denying them their own truth.

If truth be told, if from time to time you do not catch yourself overwhelmed with worry and indecision, demoralised and exhausted, or even incandescent, maybe you are not really following what is going on – here, there and everywhere. We have legitimate reasons to be despondent.