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HUGS™: Helping U Gain Skills for Life

Research has shown that when you are touched, even casually, and even if you are not consciously aware of it, you respond more positively. For example, if a librarian gently makes physical contact with you while helping you, you tend to be more satisfied with the interchange. Touching someone while talking with them can have a big impact. If the situatons permits and is appropriate, put your hand on someone's shoulder or arm while talkign to them and say the other person's name in your conversation.

You need 4 hugs a day for survival.

You need 8 hugs a day for maintenance.

You need 12 hugs a day for growth.

~Virginia Satire
American Author and Psychotherapist 1916 - 1988

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Hugging Meditation

Breathing in, I am so happy to hug my child. reathng out, I know she is real and alive in my arms.

Suppose a lovely child comes and presents herself to you. If you are not really there -- if you are thinking of the past, worrying about the future, or possessed by anger or fear -- the child, althoughpresent, will not exist for you. She is like a ghost, and you are like a ghost, as well. If you want to meet the child, you have to go back to the present moment in order to meet her. If you want to hug her, it s in the present moment that you can hug her.

So you b reathe consciously, uniting body and mind, a reconnection to self ... makking you into a real person again. When you become a real person, the hcild becomes real also. She is a wondrous presence and the encounter with life is possible at that moment. If you hold her in your arms and continue to breathe, life is. This gatha [gathering force or strength] can helpl you remember the preciousness of your loved one as ysou hold him/her in your arms.

Source: Present Moment Wonderful Moment by Thich Nha Hanh

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Hugging is Healthy!

It helps the body's immune system, it keeps you healthier, it cures depression, it reduces stress, it induces sleep, its invigorating, it is rejuvenating, it has no uunpleasan side effecs, and hugging is nothing less than a miracle drug.

Hugging is all natural, it is organic, naturally sweet, no pesticides, no preservatives, no artificial ingredients and 100% wholesome.

Hugging is practically perfect. There are no moveable parts, no batteries to wear out, no periodic check ups, low energy consumptin, high energy yield, inflation proof, non fattening, no monthly repayments, no insrance requirements, theft proof, non polluting, and of course fully returnable.

~Author Unknown