The epigraph to this book, one of the epigraphs is his, and it goes, there is a crack in everything. That idea comes from the cabalar, which is the mystical side of judaism that he had been influenced by quite heavily. And so we're living with these divine shards from this vessel kind of scattered all around us in the mud. The shards that you notice are going to be completely different from the ones that i notice and pick up. But we can all see them.
Are you elevated by sad songs? Have you ever been brought to tears by a TV commercial? Do you relish rainy days? If you answered yes to any of those questions, then you know the power of the bittersweet. Yet chances are there have been times when you’ve struggled to square your melancholic disposition with our culture of counterfeit cheer. Well, you won’t feel that way after you’ve heard Susan Cain discuss her new book, “Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole.” She argues that longing, sorrow, and grief are the wellsprings of connection, creativity, and hope.
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