Sometimes a Hug is Just What We Need
Often we go through our days, from one perfunctory activity to the next, feeling detached from the people around us. It becomes commonplace to envelop ourselves in a bubble, to cloak ourselves in a shroud of indifference.
The feeling of being touched, of sharing affection with another human being, is one of the most rewarding experiences we know — and one that is too frequently taken for granted. Sometimes a hug is just what we need.
Our ventures into Free Hugging have been immensely gratifying. Watching as people’s faces light up at just the possibility of getting a hug. Seeing their spirits lift as they open up to being twined in the arms of a complete stranger. Feeling that energy flow between us and spiral uncontrollably toward others.
The oneness of people from different upbringings all around the world becomes apparent. We all share in the same basic needs and desires, feel the same emotions flitting through our bodies. And as we go on our daily paths, it’s good to remember that we’re all in this together.
And if you haven’t seen our first Free Hugs video, check it out here.
- Brandt
August 17, 2007 at 8:47 pm
sigh! It’s great, I smile the whole time I see this video! Great song too! I want to do the hug day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
August 18, 2007 at 1:58 am
i love it
u all have done a great thing
!!!!
August 18, 2007 at 4:44 am
Brandt, this is too cool. Hugs on the Promenade! And the song is way cool.
August 18, 2007 at 6:21 pm
Great stuff! Really making a difference…
Reminds me of the 60’s without the drugs–
Make love, not war!
August 19, 2007 at 12:58 am
Great! Sending a hug to all you guys LOL
August 19, 2007 at 3:14 am
Really really nice! This is what is needed! Especially in L.A. I love it!
Proof that people are good!
August 19, 2007 at 1:46 pm
Wow, what a really cool video!!! Just what I needed this morning!!
I am taking a course where I am reading Dianetics Modern Science of Mental Health, by L. Ron Hubbard for the ‘first’ time after now battling breast cancer for the last 5 years and I realize just how much our survival really does depend on the relationships we make. We are not in this alone.
Thanks for the hug!!!
August 19, 2007 at 3:24 pm
This is SO sweet and theta!!! Just perfect. Thanks for doing this!!
August 20, 2007 at 6:30 pm
This video brought tears to my eyes. You are so cool for having done this. It’s waaaaaaaaaaay better than a kissing booth. Rock On!
August 20, 2007 at 8:10 pm
That….was just the best thing I’ve seen all day!
Kudos to all of you!
Cheers!
August 21, 2007 at 2:13 am
This was great! Thank you for doing this and putting it on the web. I think that a lot of people really need more of this.
August 21, 2007 at 5:43 pm
Dear Brandt and Fellow Huggers,
Thank you for embodying the spirit of the nonprofit I created, Dream One World, Inc. I will be featuring this video in my September e-newsletter and will put it on the “Global Links” page of our website.
Everyone on the planet needs to see your videos and/or be present at your Hugfests. These will manifest change far faster than words on paper or talking heads - and bring the people on this planet closer to realizing that yes, we are all in this together.
Sending you all a cyber-hug,
Kathy Chism
Founder/Director
Dream One World, Inc.
http://www.dreamoneworld.org
August 21, 2007 at 5:57 pm
Thank you.
August 21, 2007 at 7:13 pm
where are you guys when I’m on the Promenade?! this is great… smiled the whole video thru
August 22, 2007 at 12:23 am
Thank you for the hug just watching your video!
August 22, 2007 at 2:26 am
Great exuberant hugs… i like that.. not just social hugs but hugs with real feeling.. so cool…
August 24, 2007 at 12:05 am
just what the doctor ordered…hugs from Ailieen! thanks!
August 27, 2007 at 2:33 am
You are all so awesome for making everyone feel a bit of your love. Matt, Tami and Shmoopy hugs are the best- fo realz. You made me feel all warm and fuzzy with this video.
August 27, 2007 at 8:09 pm
THANKS for the LOVE!! I can always use it!
August 27, 2007 at 8:45 pm
hey thx
i love huging people thats why i have the free hugs mty group
September 5, 2007 at 6:10 pm
I can’t help but notice how EVERY single hug is one where hearts do not meet, and by that I mean, each person leans to the left, therefore avoiding to have both hearts meet. Try leaning the other way to hug and see how that feels … open hearts.
September 22, 2007 at 9:43 am
Finally!… got around to watching this second video this morning. The lyrics of the song work really nicely with the images… Excellent. : )
Just one small criticism… [aside from the fact that you're not hugging with hearts {rolls eyes}] …the young lady in the green top: you need to show more enthusiasm for his. Your heart clearly isn’t in it. ; )
September 22, 2007 at 9:58 am
“…for his…”
For his what?… you might well ask!
Sorry, the smell chucker didn’t pick up that muffstake…
For ‘his’, read ‘this’.
Ummm… I’ll go and sit quietly in this corner over here now. Yeah?
September 28, 2007 at 8:45 am
Thank you very much, very very theta and very… Italian style :))