enough

while i fundamentally agree that 'enough' cannot be quantified, it irks me that it is very hard to tell when 'enough is enough'. hard to tell when one has gone to far, or taken something to excess (in order to restrain or withhold). hard to tell for oneself when one has 'had enough' of something or somebody (in order to draw the line).

until it happens.

it seems to me the demarcating line between inaction and action, passivity and provocation. i don't like it when it can only be identified in retrospect, because it gives us no guard, no forecast against what is precisely an inexorable turning point.