Juan Mann Had an amazing time with the FUTURE PROFESSIONALS at Paul Mitchell The Schools for Free Hugs Day!!! Check out the updates on Juanmann.comOp 15.okt.2009 Meer weergeven
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Juan Mann – The Origin of Free Hugs.
I'd been living in London when my world turned upside down and I'd had to come home. By the time my plane landed back in Sydney, all I had left was a carry on bag full of clothes and a world of troubles. No one to welcome me back, no place to call home. I was a tourist in my hometown.
Standing there in the arrivals terminal, watching other passengers meeting their waiting friends and family, with open arms and smiling faces, hugging and laughing together, I wanted someone out there to be waiting for me. To be happy to see me. To smile at me. To hug me.
So I got some cardboard and a marker and made a sign. I found the busiest pedestrian intersection in the city and held that sign aloft, with the words "Free Hugs" on both sides.
And for 15 minutes, people just stared right through me. The first person who stopped, tapped me on the shoulder and told me how her dog had just died that morning. How that morning had been the one year anniversary of her only daughter dying in a car accident. How what she needed now, when she felt most alone in the world, was a hug. I got down on one knee, we put our arms around each other and when we parted, she was smiling.
Everyone has problems and for sure mine haven't compared. But to see someone who was once frowning, smile even for a moment, is worth it every time.
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"EIN BISSCHEN MEHR LIEBE IM WRANGELKIEZ" has been selected to KIEZKIEKEN shortfilm contest.
Our movie will be shown Sunday Nov 1st, 18:30 at Hoppetosse/Arena, 12435 Berlin, Eichenstraße 4.
You will see humorous, extraordinary and exciting short films. The most important factor is originality. It’s the neighbourhood that is our programme – the locations, the atmosphere, the characteristics and after all the uniqueness.
KIEZKIEKEN wants to link art and life and to provide a platform for a cultural exchange. The programme will be designed around the respective neighbourhood. The award winners will be chosen by the audience.
To finish off with the festival, bands from Berlin will give you the opportunity to celebrate together with film makers, guests and the audience.
Please take ur beloved friends, come to Hoppetosse, watch the shortfilms and vote for "A BIT MORE LOVE"
Sunday Nov 1st, 18:30 at Hoppetosse/Arena, Berlin. http://www.kiezkieken.de
Ganz Berlin träumt von der Liebe, denn dort ist sie ja zuhaus. Ganz Berlin träumt dieses Märchen, wenn es wahr wird. Ganz Berlin grüßt dann das Pärchen, das ein Paar wird. Ganz Berlin singt immer wieder, immer wieder nur vom Glück.
If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. The thing is to get the work done.
