always already now

on light and cracks and hearts and knowing

Ring the bells that still can ring

Forget your perfect offering

There is a crack, a crack in everything

That’s how the light gets in

-Leonard Cohen

I can’t read, hear, or think about this lyric too much. I’m guessing you all know it well, too. It’s the kind of message that always finds you exactly when you need to remember it. It always shines its truth.

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