For Mercer everything is easy, he thought, because Mercer accepts everything. Nothing is alien to him. But what I've done, he thought; that's become alien to me. In fact everything has become unnatural; I've become an unnatural self.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Mercer finds ease through total acceptance, while the speaker feels alienated and unnatural due to past actions.
- In plain terms
- Acceptance makes life easy but guilt makes one feel alien.
- What can you take from it?
- Acceptance brings ease but guilt causes alienation.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What actions make you feel alien?
- Can acceptance solve guilt?
Another view
Acceptance without accountability can enable harmful behavior.
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