But it’s actually a blessing. I made my friends this way. Something rich in vulnerabilities, in half-formed thoughts… Those cracks are invitations for participation. So people correct me, of course, but they also engage and co-create. As the late, great Leonard Cohen wrote: “Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack, a crack in everything. And that’s how the light gets in.”

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