I’m borrowing shamelessly from The Velveteen Rabbi today. She wrote a wonderfully moving post recently about listening to the shofar
In talking about brokenness, she shares some lines by, as she calls him, the great rebbe Leonard Cohen:
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack in everything
That’s how the light gets in.
Amen.
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HeyJules 09.03.07 at 7:07 pm
Those four lines just sent my thoughts in a hundred directions at once. Wow.
Tess 09.03.07 at 10:09 pm
Yeah, me too.
Kai 09.04.07 at 3:02 pm
Wow! I saw your blog listed on Anita’s links list & bookmarked it awhile back. Today was my first opportunity to sit & read it. I came here to visit feeling joyful. I am leaving feeling joyful AND peaceful. Thank you! This will now be a regular morning visit for me!
lucy 09.04.07 at 4:43 pm
i love the image of brokenness as opening space to let more in. it also reminds me of the l’arche community…perfection through brokenness.
i agree with heyjules…my thoughts go a hundred directions at once!
Tess 09.04.07 at 5:11 pm
Thanks very much, Lucy I agree so much with your l’arche connection.
Kai, welcome and thank you for your very kind words, I’m delighted to be a morning visit for you.
yolanda 09.07.07 at 6:12 pm
This is a point I neede to hear today.