HINDSIGHT: BEST FRIEND WHO IS NEVER ON TIME
Do you ever catch yourself saying "I should have known better"? That typical expression of reproach and regret which seems to undermine all attempts at gratitude and forgiveness, because it usually springs from a complete disregard for all we have learned from what we did, as much as a lack of empathy towards an older version of ourselves. Hardly ever do we stop, and think about how it would even be possible to fully love and respect our current self without coming to terms with the past one. Oddly enough, Turkish language provides us with the paradoxical occasion to take pride in what we have become all the while bashing and shaming what we used to be, as if it were conceivable to get to the present state without having passed through the former one: It's not uncommon to hear a Turkish speaker utter, "I would never have done that with my current mind." That vainly pronounced "mind", as goes without saying, is a substitute for "wisdom" or
