{"id":28,"date":"2010-09-13T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-13T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/blissblog\/2010\/09\/hug-from-the-heart.html"},"modified":"2010-09-13T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-09-13T01:00:00","slug":"hug-from-the-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2010\/09\/hug-from-the-heart.html","title":{"rendered":"Hug From The Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hugging is an easy, free way of showing that you care. I have a friend whose birth name is Larry but his ‘real name’ is HUGMAN. <\/b>Every<\/span> <\/b>day he hugs bunches of people. Larry has two rules when it comes to hugging.<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

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    Always ask first.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

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    Always be the last one to let go.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    When Larry hugs, it is as if nothing and no one else exists in that moment, Connect heart to heart. Embrace life full out!<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

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    www.freehugscampaign.org<\/a> is the website for another hugmeister….Juan Mann who courageously took to the streets…armed with..well..his arms and loving heart. He inspired me to do the same a few years ago, with my friend Ondreah, in the suburban Bucks County, PA town along the Delaware River, called New Hope. There, in a 2 hour period, we estimate that we each shared hugs with 60 people! Biker dudes, grey haired elders, little kids, hand holding couples strolling the streets. A kool-aid pink, spiky haired, multiply body-pierced young woman even stopped a phone call she was on behind the counter of a store in which she was working and said, “Hold on a minute, I need to go hug some customers.”, when Ondreah and I waltzed in with our FREE HUGS sign. By the time we headed home on a windy February day, we were warmed from the inside. <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

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    Gay and Kathlyn Hendricks, directors of the Hendricks Institute www.hendricks.com<\/a>  offer a beautiful primer for how to and how not to…hug. <\/font><\/p>\n

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    http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/video\/video.php?v=153244131367487<\/font><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n

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    “We need 4 hugs a day for survival. We need 8 hugs a day for maintenance. We need 12 hugs a day for growth”, according to family therapist, Virginia Satir.<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

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