Something that worries me and also delights me is the notion of a limit...where is mine; do I have one/multiple; what happens when one is reached; is there something to pay attention to beforehand; what lies beyond; are there different limits for different facets?  All of these are questions I ask, all the time.

I read the transcript of the Republican debate tonight- their second*- and you would believe I wasn't part of the electorate or part of the American fabric.  I didn't hear any hesitation, any introspection, any questioning of virtue or merit or worth or ability.  I am haunted by that.  Why am I feeling ALL of these things and others are soldiering on?  I cannot call them ignorant and myself the sole sanity in our humanity!  Rather, I can call them simplistic, and I can take on what is complicated and confusing.  Toiling with the undetermined, willingly?

We watched "Show Me a Hero" recently.  And I keep coming back to it.  It sounds like it was about a great activist, committed to integration in Yonkers, NY.  In actuality, I think the young mayor was solely focused on being more than just his person- executing his persona.  He did it, but what was the price and was there falsehood within it all?  How does social justice evolve judiciously?

To be fair:  Show Me a Hero is one of the best things I have ever seen.  Ever.  It asks what I am asking, while taking a stance and while being true to the complexity of the issues it addresses.  I have mad love and respect for David Simon, HBO, and Oscar Isaac :)

*I mistook their second for their third.  Story's been getting on a bit...