“Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect
offering. There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets
in!” - Anthem - Leonard Cohen
What do we mean by ‘feet of clay’?
Leonard Cohen’s song says, “There is a crack in everything - that’s
how the light gets in!” When we talk about ‘feet of clay’ we are
saying that central to life is imperfection. No one and no thing is
perfect and that is good.
One of the greatest challenges we face is an inner narrative that
says “I must be perfect!”, “I cannot make a mistake’, ‘I cannot
show weakness’. This is just crap. We all have brokenness, we all
have faults, we all have weaknesses, we all have skeletons
in the cupboard, we all have things we are ashamed of, and we
are all vulnerable.
Our common imperfection is our starting point to growth. Feet of
clay is linked to all our other themes. We don’t focus on nor allow
ourselves to be trapped by our weaknesses and our brokenness. We
accept that that is just part of being human and then we
listen to them, learn from them and grow.
In psychology we often talk about our ‘shadow’ - everything has a
flip or shadow side and this provides focus and fuel for our growth
if we listen to it, become aware of it and plan our growth
strategies from it.
The U-Man Podcast is two Aussie blokes tackling some of the most common issues that men face everyday. Our pillars to becoming Universal Men - Know thyself, Grow Thyself and Brotherhood.