Bono and Product RED

Product RED
I am still trying to come down from the Bono high from yesterday. Yesterday was the launch date in the United States for Product RED - something many I have been waiting for and waiting for...

I stopped in my local and favorite Gap store and they had the RED products on the front table as you entered the store. I picked up a few t-shirts - took them to the dressing room t0 check for fit. Engaged the fitting room girls in a chat about Product RED - asked them if they were familiar with the product, what could they tell me - I WAS SURPRISED!!!!!!! They actually had a clue! While they weren't completely as well versed as others (like me) they were fairly articulate and, more important, excited.

When I was checking out one of the adult sales ladies approached me and wanted to talk with me about the product. Again, I was fairly impressed with her knowledge of the product and the initiative it supported - I had to help her a little bit on the issues of the global fund, but I didn't mind.

So, I hurried home, set the VCR, turned on televisions all over the house so I wouldn't miss a thing (you know just in case I had to run to the bathroom and couldn't wait until commercial)...got the hubby to turn on the big screen in the basement so I could turn it up really loud and watch with abandon...

This man Bono, really touches my heart. I cried through parts of the show...laughed out loud at some parts of the show...was completely touched by the whole show. He has one of the biggest hearts (outside of my hubby) I have ever seen and he wears it with abandon on his sleeve. I read somewhere that he said he covers his eyes because that is his way to privacy - not letting people see into the mirrors of his soul. Yet, his heart is out there - maybe that's why he needs to shade his eyes. He was so good with Oprah - she ran the show and he went along with it - but, I think she was completely in awe of this man as well.

What still amazes me is that I don't understand why Bono is able to get to me like he does. Why do I care what he is involved in, why do I get weak kneed, why does my stomach twist and turn into knots, wy do I trust him? It's weird. I'm a pretty private person - bloggings a big huge adventure for me, me really going out on a limb. Yet, someone I don't know (an Irish rock star of all things), will probably never really have a chance to get to know (oh to be rich and famous right now) has really forced me to rethink a lot of things in my life. Why this person? I will admit, before I would allow myself to get too involved, I spent a lot of time doing research - reading, looking, listening - really trying to find the inconsistencies, the flaws that would make me not trust him. Yet, what I have found is a man, with flaws, who appears to be one of the most genuine people around - a man who values the same things I do: friends, family. Yet he still remains an enigma to me - which is the most beautiful inconsistency of all - his rock and roll lifestyle and his way of life. Somehow, he and his family live a great life filled with love, family and friends, never lose their humility and maintain their integrity and high standards.

Anyway, I really enjoyed seeing, hearing - the interactions, the subtleties of his smile and his eyes, his thoughtfulness - his heart! The way he was holding hands with Oprah, the appreciation for the people who came out to see him. Truly a wonderful man and that makes me proud!!!!!

Nancy