
Convergence, painting by Br. Eric of the Taizé Community
Perfection, if it COULD be achieved, might not be such a blessing. Take it from songwriter/poet 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.
—- Leonard Cohen
And then when you’ve got a minute or ten, and are up for some profound emotion, try this one:
Glorious!
“Every heart, every heart
to love will come
but like a refugee.”
There are perfect moments – listening to this was one of them. Thank you for sharing this.
Perfection, perception… we’d do well to pay attention to every moment.
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Glad you could listen. I love it.
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‘profound emotions’ …Cohen never lets me down in that respect. Thank you for posting this — I had not heard it before. Such simple words … and yet so poignant.
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That it is — simple and poignant. And powerful —
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I love Cohen… love him!
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You’ve got a lot of good company, Cecilia —
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Rebekah was so touched by your post, she re-blogged it and I’m so glad she did, because I got the pleasure (and the goosebumps) of enjoying it too. It’s brilliant, those words so simple yet powerful sent shivers down my spine.
I took the liberty of sharing it on Facebook, so hope you don’t mind – I think others need to see and hear those words.
Thank you so much for sharing it with us.
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It’s nice to know that wonderful idea embodied so well in Leonard Cohen’s song is being shared, and traveling —
The wonders of blogging.
BTW, I’ve peeked at some of your posts and think I’m going to find them fascinating. There are really kangaroos at the bottom of your street!!!!
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