Leonard Cohen’s famous song, Anthem, has the oft-quoted line, “There is a crack, a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in.” We would all benefit if we took his words to heart.
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on Feb 8th, 2010 at 7:23 am
Amen.
What wise and wonderful words—thank you for posting this, Jeff.
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