In his soulful song “Anthem,” Leonard Cohen sings of the opportunity for wisdom that imperfection offers us:

There is a crack, a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in

Instead of hiding these imperfections or hiding from them, Cohen offers a different course. The lyrics describe a wounded world where everything—good, bad, or banal—is fleeting. War, love, and even governments are ever coming and going like the day itself.

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