Sometimes I would wonder if Glen Hansard really existed….
Seriously, he was such an angelic presence… not otherworldly…in fact, very present this presence…
A smiling rascal if you needed him to be… this most musical and mischievous archangel of Ballymun… no airs, plenty of graces...
Of course, Glen was the shining star of the Christmas Eve busk… sometimes the only one reminding the rest of us that Christmas began with a refugee born in a manger, which is hardly a step from living on the street.
To be utterly yourself by being more interested in others - a clue for any of us trying out different personas. He really was who you thought he was. He could never walk by a person living rough without checking they were OK… and more than that, he worked very hard so that less people had to live on the streets in the first place.
When the crowds got bigger and for safety’s sake Glen had to agree to move the busk to a stage kindly provided outside The Gaiety Theatre, he would say 'we’ll give it our best but it’s not a busk if we’re not on the street!’ …because that’s who he was - a performer at eye level in any situation. The stage was a separation he wouldn’t recognize. Of all the grand and gigantic venues he and The Frames played, you sensed the street was his most favoured place to perform. And street people, his favourite audience.
Voice of the streets. A choir of angels in one man. The rest of us blessed to stand there beside our very own and very earthed Angel Gabriel… All of us welcome in his choir, whatever shape or form.
….and I’m telling myself this morning that if he never existed, then he can never cease to exist. For me, he will always be everywhere I see a coin spinning into an open guitar case.
May you rest in the peace you gave to so many.
Bono
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Video se stalo virálním a během dvou dnů ho zhlédlo dvacet milionů lidí. A mnozí diskutující připomínali vlastní zážitky. Ženy psaly o tom, jak kvůli tomu, že nikdo v okolí neměl děti, neměly žádný kontakt s malými dětmi a netušily tak, jaké to vlastně může být.
A ostatní přidávali další zážitky. „Totéž se stalo naší bezdětné kamarádce, když jsme jí dali pochovat našeho novorozence. Okamžitě se rozplakala štěstím.“ A jaký recept z toho plyne? Nabízí ho jeden z diskutujících: „Kdykoliv jsem někde s naším miminem, vrazím ho každému do náruče. I když se nejdřív zdráhá. Provádím emocionální terorismus!“
Takže pokud máte malé roztomilé dítě a chcete zachránit porodnost, vyrazte do ulic a podělte se o něj. Není to tak absurdní, jak to může na první pohled vypadat. Když si můžou náhodní kolemjdoucí podrbat vašeho pejska, proč by si nemohli pochovat vaše miminko?
@VividProwess My God chose the Jews as His chosen people. His Son, my Redeemer, was a Jew and lived in a Jewish family. God never broke His covenant with the Jews, for He is faithful. He proved this in Old Testament times, and He proves it in Israel today.
Please read Romans 11:16-18.
Když 🇨🇿Barbora Krejčíková společně s 🇨🇿Kateřinou Siniakovou ovládla Turnaj mistryň v mexické Guadalajaře, čekala se od ní klasická děkovná řeč.
Češka měla ale jiné plány a publikum seznámila s událostmi 17. listopadu v tehdejším Československu, čímž dojala Martinu Navrátilovou.