A New Years Benediction from Neil Gaiman

[angelinemartin313]

new year is coming

[asaunders111]

the best wishes i've ever recieved! he is an amazing write and one of the kindest people i have ever known. happy new year

[mosiia]

That surely are the best wishes for new ear I ever received.

[BelovedBitterSea]

So awesome!  And he's glowing white with that dark hair he looks like the Sandman! :D

[ooooneeee]

Giving Blessings and Benedictions is one of the greatest things and doing it on a stage to thousands ist just beyond awesome :D.

Wonderful :) :) :)

[Caefinn]

Wonderful message to put out there. Extremely in awe of his talent and he's a good soul as well.

[ritzraff]

I love him soooooo much.

[poetick31]

love that last line!

[RowanGolightly]

Thanks braxiotel, for transcribing this! Saved me the work of doing it myself.

[braxiotel]

"I hope it'll make something that didn't exist before you made it, that you will be loved and you will be liked and you will have people to love and to like in return. And most importantly, because I think there should be more kindness and more wisdom in the world right now - I hope that you will, when you need to be, be wise and that you will always be kind. And I hope that somewhere in the next year you surprise yourself."

[thewiseturtle]

@braxiotel Thanks for the transcript!

One small correction, he says "I hope YOU'LL make something that didn't exist before..." rather than "it'll".

This speech is just so perfect. My new year is starting off right, I think. :-)

[braxiotel]

"May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you're wonderful, and don't forget to make some art - write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. May your coming year be a wonderful thing in which you dream both dangerously and outrageously."

[shessomickey]

Beautiful!

[LeapingLeptons42]

That was the best New Year's of my life; I was there. Loved it earlier in the show when he handled a chainsaw.

[mandyoliverio]

thanks for putting this up. i was sitting practically right next to you and was videoing but my batteries died. I'm glad someone got this wonderful wish for the new year recorded!

[CherriSpryte]

Were you second balcony left? Cause that's where I was .... I'm pretty sure the loud obnoxious laugh after the balloon pop is me ....

[mandyoliverio]

nope, FIRST balcony. pretty killer seats!

[GoldfinchWoman]

ktspiffy -- check out New Years 2007 and 2008 of his blog for a kind of transcription

[ashenlikelove]

@ktspiffy: yes it's on neil gaiman's blog

[Lhappylstalker7]

Beautiful. He's such an amazing guy. :)

Thank you so much for putting this up ^^

[Okiebluesbabee77]

Beautiful. Speechless

[ktspiffy]

Anyone have a transcript of this?

[wickedoll]

The most Amazing Benediction. A wonderful thing to follow. Bravo.

[litbitch]

He has such a wonderful voice.

[CherriSpryte]

thanks so much for posting this, I hoped someone was filming.

[jin455]

WOOT! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

[dominictemple]

Thanks for putting up.