There’s a crystal shop in Great Barrington. Lots of meditation, wellness and supporting crystals.
Thinking that a smooth stone in a pocket would be nice - pink quartz is very calming - we ventured in.
Inspecting the abundance of quartz, there was one that stood out . Unlike the others, it was cracked. Its smooth surface was interrupted.
It spoke to us and we took it (along with a completely smooth one).
I’ve kept the “imperfect” one and often rub it. Feeling the crack.
I am reminded of the Leonard Cohen line - “There is a crack, a crack in everything…that’s how the light gets in .”