A few years ago, I set out to build a boat in my garage. It was a pretty substantial project. Frankly, it was a lot more than I think I was really prepared for. Nevertheless, I did it. It took me about three years to get done, but I finally realized that particular dream and went sailing on a boat I had built myself. Pretty cool, right? Well, one of my biggest frustrations was this weird phenomenon that happened right before I got started on the work. I can remember it happen

“Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack, a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” -Leonard Cohen How’s that for a weird quote? I heard it the other day on the radio and it stuck in my head. It has a resonance for me that I just can’t seem to shake. You see, like most folks, I’m intimately familiar with imperfection. I’m faced with it in many of the projects I’m most passionate about: My writing, my career, my boat… Yeah, I’m building a boat. Technically,