is community limited by boarders? is it limited by distance? is it limited by other physical groupings? i don't think so. i think true community transends all that we see and know - we are defining the new, not redefining the old. community, to me, seems to be a grouping of people who can feel the hearts and minds of others - building friendships based on emotion, not what we look like. let's be honest, if we were all to meet, before this little exersize in community building, whould we truly be friends? based on our pasts, and who we know in the "real world" would we select each other as people we wanted to hang out with? many, when they see me coming, move to the other side of the street - because i look "scary." so, i wonder - would we all be friends in "the real world?"

and john, i love the buechner quote - killer.

pax