Trouble has no necessary connection with discouragement. Discouragement has a germ of its own, as different from trouble as arthritis is different from a stiff joint.
While every noble morality develops from a triumphant affirmation of itself, slave morality from the outset says No to what is "outside," what is "different," what is "not itself"; and this No is its creative deed.
For a writer you have to be interested in different cultures, different backgrounds. You are not there to write only about your village. You're there to show a bit of your village, but also to understand other villages.
It could be another election where the alignments between Republicans and Democrats are different than they were this time and who a foreign country prefers.
I set out to really build this universe of interfaith connectedness, where people could see that other people in different parts of the world are very much like them.