Happy Holidays!
Merry Christmas!
Happy Hanukkah!
Merry Kwanza!
And peace and good will to all!
As I reflect this year about world and the concept of peace, I wonder what Jesus of Nazareth would think of 2005 AD? Perhaps the Jesus of Cool, Nick Lowe, framed the question best in a song made famous by his good friend Elvis Costello...
Peace, Love and Understanding
(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding
As I walk through
This wicked world
Searchin’ for light in the darkness of insanity.
I ask myself
Is all hope lost?
Is there only pain and hatred, and misery?
And each time I feel like this inside,
There’s one thing I wanna know:
What’s so funny ’bout peace love & understanding? ohhhh
What’s so funny ’bout peace love & understanding?
And as I walked on
Through troubled times
My spirit gets so downhearted sometimes
So where are the strong
And who are the trusted?
And where is the harmony?
Sweet harmony.
’cause each time I feel it slippin’ away, just makes me wanna cry.
What’s so funny ’bout peace love & understanding? ohhhh
What’s so funny ’bout peace love & understanding?
So where are the strong?
And who are the trusted?
And where is the harmony?
Sweet harmony.
’cause each time I feel it slippin’ away, just makes me wanna cry.
What’s so funny ’bout peace love & understanding? ohhhh
What’s so funny ’bout peace love & understanding? ohhhh
What’s so funny ’bout peace love & understanding?
That's a heckuva Christmas Carol, if you ask me. If there is anything at all funny about the notion of peace, love and understanding, I've long forgotten the joke. I know I haven't done my share to advance enough of any of it. How about you? Need a good resolution for 2006?
Mary and I hope you and yours have the best holiday ever. Love, laugh, share and hope. And eat, especially if you are Italian or related to an Italian or visiting an Italian. I have the best of all worlds.
And here's to a much better world in 2006!
More later,
Mark
