The killer boundaries are not the borders between Mexico and the United States, or between Afghanistan and Pakistan, or between Syria and Israel. They are the multitude of restraints, restrictions and attitudes imposed by societies around the globe that delimit what we think, what we do, what we dare to dream for ourselves for tomorrow.
Like the suffocating alleged gods of tradition, conformity, normalcy and propriety that we must obey at the risk of being shunned and excommunicated.
Like the ubiquitous family of Not: You cannot, you must not, you ought not, you could not, you would not, you should not, you dare not, you will not, and the threatening, you better not...that shackle our dreams and our hopes.
Like the repulsive array of slurs against human life: “Hey, we’re only human” and man as “the only animal that blushes or needs to”, “nature’s sole mistake”, “the quintessence of dust” and “breath and shadow, nothing more”.
Like the freedom-destroying euphemisms for choiceless duties imposed on you as a member of society, including obligations, responsibilities, expectations...or in verb form:it behooves you, you are bound, you are beholden, it is incumbent upon you, and on and on.
You are born and instantly become a member of a family, a society, a race, a religion, a nation...each of which lay claim to your body, your mind, your time, your energy, your talents, your life.
No aspect of human life...not one...is exempt from the arbitrary boundaries, limitations. denigrations, imposed on you by those who claim to love you, but who, by their actions and attitudes, are in fact your assassins. And because the assault starts when the victims are so young, it is most often accepted as proper and moral and uplifting....and those few who reject them are labeled iconoclastic, anti-social rebels, and treated as pariahs.
Killer boundaries delimit what you should think, what you should do, and slowly, steadily and surely, chip away at the glorious limitless beauty, potentiality and glory of human life.
A few thousand years ago, someone wrote: "And God saw all that He had made and behold it was very good." Will you join me in honoring that wisdom?
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