Hugging - Be the Revolution

Hugging is simply the sharing of space between 2 or more individuals which conveys a feeling without words.  It says, "I like you.  I want to share space on this planet with you."

It is not to be confused with anything other than that, as it is a very surface every day type of thing.  It does not convey a hope for a deeper relationship such as a kiss might convey.  A hug does not convey any type of emotion, other than in that very moment a wordless expression of shared space and enjoyment in each other.

Because energy is exchanged, hugs should be withheld if both of the parties are in anger because well... do we really need to share this emotion?  Upon further mental examination, perhaps when two people are angry a hug can be the thing that cancels out those two negative emotions.  Maybe it is just this reason, two negatives (magnets) repel each other?  Perhaps this is why hugging is so rare in our society?  People are just too angry and have too many emotions to "hide" which might accidentally spill over in that hug?  Well, I suppose this is true if people do not understand what a hug is.  Perhaps this desire to "hide" emotions is why it is so rare in the work place.  Pity, really it is.

Some view Huggers as less intelligent.  We see often how those who are of a lower intelligence ,when measure on intelligence quotient tests, hug profusely.  Their parents worry that others will immediately know that they are lacking in some way so go about trying to squelch this activity.  Again, it is a real pity because for what a mentally retarded individual lacks in intellectual intelligence they make up for mightily in emotional intelligence.  We could learn a lot here and through sharing might even bring a harmony or balance to society as a whole. 

It is demonstrated in board rooms across the world that hugging is strictly taboo.  We even have full policies in place in the work place to prevent an exchange of this type.  Sad, isn't it?  When what should happen is to begin each day hugging each other and end it in the same way. A class should be REQUIRED outlining exactly what a hug is because I believe it has been lost over the centuries and many times perverted into something that it simply is not.

As a society, I believe, we have taken withholding a hug from another as a demonstration of being above them in some way.  Sad isn't it?  Yes we have the "power" to give or with hold this little gesture but what does that really say about the person withholding it?  I believe it says more than can be conveyed here.  No one on this Earth is above or below another and the World would be a sad place indeed when even one light has been extinguished.  Maybe it has been misunderstood in a giving away of something rather than a reciprocal event?  I always wonder why another does not wish to share space with me when refused.  It says much more about them than me.  

Saying a hug caused someone to rape is the same as saying that a gun caused someone to kill.  It simply does not make any sense at all.  It does not matter how I turn this thing over in my mind to try to understand how a hug or a gun created someone to become evil, it just does not compute.

So to all of my friends, all of the humans that we share space with here on Planet Earth

Hugs

You are invited to join the revolution.

This video made me cry... very inspiring