Failure to recognize reality is the norm. It is also alienating when we try to live in a way that is authentic, demanding we pretend to subscribe to the norm in our daily lives. The artificial things we have been taught to value have come to mean little to me over time. Even living far differently than a typical American, I have to sadly recognize that I am a monster simply by being one. To a great degree, we are trapped by not just the choices we make, but the choices we have.
Failure to recognize reality is the norm. It is also alienating when we try to live in a way that is authentic, demanding we pretend to subscribe to the norm in our daily lives. The artificial things we have been taught to value have come to mean little to me over time. Even living far differently than a typical American, I have to sadly recognize that I am a monster simply by being one. To a great degree, we are trapped by not just the choices we make, but the choices we have.