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| "Hunter Mountain Vista", oil, by Jamie Williams Grossman |
During a sparkling holiday concert by the Coast Guard Academy Band last night, the soloist, a gifted young soprano, sang “Go Tell It on the Mountain”, and it made me also want to tell a few things on some mountain. From her mountain, the soloist wanted to say the good news that Jesus was born, but I want to say some other, less celebrated good news. I want to say, for instance, that there’s far more love in the world than wickedness; that the great power and stretched-out arm of sincerity is stronger than deceitfulness; that the greatness and power and glory of life is in kindheartedness, not in acrimony; that the sometimes destructive “wisdom” of the adult world is, thankfully, utter foolishness to children; that the invisible things of life are more wonderful than the visible; that the spirit of love is more uplifting than the spirit of gossip; that, if we open our eyes and hearts, we can know the things that are freely given to us by love; that goodness, not money, makes a person mighty; that the power of kindness can shatter fears and worries; that compassion has done great things for all of us; that cheerfulness always defeats defeatism; and that gentleness was and is and will be, forever.
Maybe I should find a mountain somewhere and start climbing.
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