Light On Dark Water

Everyone has something missing in life, something that has disappointed, something that does not measure up to a once-cherished hope, something that inhibits freedom, some burden that tires, some hunger that is never satisfied.

People usually accomodate themselves to reduced expectations about life, especially as they get older. How else could they get through the day? Sometimes, however, one can still catch an echo of a cry of pain, that deep and mysterious pain at the heart of every human life.

–John Janaro, via Magnificat

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

–Leonard Cohen, "Anthem"