A typically long and rewarding blog post by Roger Ebert; the subject, Elevation.

“Powerful moments of elevation sometimes seem to push a mental ‘reset button,’ wiping out feelings of cynicism and replacing them with feelings of hope, love, and optimism, and a sense of moral inspiration.”

Ebert covers the spectrum in this post: emotion, spirit, family, biology, “the odd” (like crying while watching Fargo), dead poets, you name it. Worth the five minute read *and* watching the few video clips he has embedded there. It’s a rare context that so aptly sets Debra Winger’s farewell in “Terms of Endearment” next to Michael Jordan’s heroic efforts while terribly sick in a playoff game.