Stuart Wilde March 6 2013
I was in an Irish pub recently listening to a traditional band when a young lad about twenty came up to me and he held my hand to his heart and he asked me if I was okay. I told him I was fine and I asked after him.
Then he leant forward and kissed me on the cheek and wished me ‘all the best’ in Gaelic. I was very moved by the young stranger his heart was very warm.
How many places in the world will you see a young lad of twenty kiss a grey haired stranger and welcome him. Later two boys in the same group of lads got up and danced a jig together twirling each other round. It was most endearing they were so natural and uninhibited. Ireland still has a soul in a western world where our soul has been surgically removed from us.
I say in my book The Art of Redemption, to save your soul you have to become warm you can’t just pretend to be nice, all of your feelings and your thoughts and your action have to exude love and acceptance for others.