So when you are happy, what can you do, spontaneously to share the love with random people? You do a Free Hugs Day!
Few weeks ago, a couple of friends and I decided to do a free hugs day in Saskatoon. It was friday night, the evening before the D-day that I realise it is pretty much a snow storm outside, in the end of April, bloody prairies!!! ''So what, if it is sunny, we' ll do it anyways'' we said.
Saturday morning, sunny and melty snow outside, we get up, eat a delicious vegetarian breakfast (that's new to me, vegetarianism) and walk to the closest supermarket to get some boxes, after all, we need to identify ourselves that we are selling nothing but giving FREE hugs!
A few ''free hugs'' cardboards later, we are back on our feet to walk to Broadway street, a little bit worried it might not work. How silly we are to ever think that! How could this NOT work? After all like my partner in crime and crazy friend Josiane said: ''we only need one hug to make it work, right?''. She was totally right, the purpose of our act of sharing love and hugs is to do it only (at least) once after all.
Well, it happenned, and we huged and huged for many hours with many random and not random (friends) people who joined us and huged with us.. It was amazing, and so rewarding. One word: Wow. People kept telling us we were awesome (smiles) and came back for a second hug! A lady told us that was the best that could happen to her in her horrible day, that we arrived in her life at the right time, its so good to know you can help people just by huging them.
Some pedestrians asked us why we were doing that? Well, we answered, why not? Just for fun! In this individual and stressful world we live in, why not stop a couple of minutes (or hours) to hug people and share the love? We even made the page 47 of the Saskatoon Sun the next week (Sunday May 4th 2008).
Smiles and Hugs to you all who read this text! :)
Kikielectrique :)
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wow! loved reading about your experience! what a difference a hug can make! such a wonderful way to brighten a person's day!
making a difference in the world. it doesn't matter if you don't know about world events, politics, the right side or the left side. what matters is that you want to make a difference. thanks for the idea. i'm going to share this with my MH outpatient center and see if they would like to do something similar.