Posted by ryanandbill on December 13, 2002 at 23:37:29:
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.
–”Anthem”, Leonard Cohen
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Bill: What do you like about this quote Ryan?
Ryan: AS I was watching the Christmas episode of MY SO CALLED LIFE, it just reminds me of how I should be myself and bring my offerings despite how broken I am because God can see and bring the light within that broken crack that I carry.
Bill: Ryan, I liked the part when Rickie, the one everyone might have rejected was lighting the candle for Jordan and where Jordan, is lighting his candle for Rickie and also I liked the part where Angela makes sure Jesus gets into bed O.K.
Ryan: That's so cool. I wish I could marry Angela.
Bill: Yeah, me too, although I'm most likely more interested in trying to get into Brian's head. But still this all takes me back to your quote. They're all broken in some way, but alot of goodness is shining through. Wow!
Ryan: I like that. Hehehehehe! The person I most relate to is Angela; of how people misunderstood me.
Bill: In what ways were you and Angela misunderstood?
Ryan: As Angela was preparing the table for two extra people and she had a very pure light and Wow! that smile she had.....
Bill: So it seems to me like sometimes you might have alot of joy and alot of good intentions, possibly to help people, but maybe like Lenny's song says, perhaps others only see your cracks. However, maybe it will take them time, like Angela's mother, to understand where you are coming from.
Bill: So, takin' this back to Lenny.....
Ryan: I just feel like I have a real spiritual connection, when I first saw that quote. I said, "YES! THAT'S TRUTH!" in my spirit.
Bill: Can I get a witness!?!?!?!? (this is where YOU can join in the conversation) Amen! Lenny's quote rocks!
Bill: You want to keep goin' or call it a night on this?
Ryan: Let's call it a night on that one man.
Bill: K! See yaz laterz!
Ryan: JESUS RULES!
Bill: Um! Yeah! I wonder what Lenny would say about that.
Ryan: (makes I love you sign with his right hand)