Be a blessing...start a hug revolution!

Sometimes it's easy to be blessing consumers. We enjoy the good that comes our way and forget that it comes to us for a reason. But the reality is we're blessed to be a blessing. What we have isn't just for ourselves, although blessings do bring us pleasure. What we have is given to us so that we can give to others. Financially of course, but I'm also talking about a smile, a hug, words of encouragement, etc. If you have joy, it's to be shared and given away. Look for the discouraged person. Look for the one whose soul is downcast. Seek them out. Hug them. Lift up their eyes. Help them to see the joy of living (again). Amazingly when you share God's love with another person, you'll find yourself refilled and blessed in the process. Think about it....ALL of us really are blessed in so many ways to be a blessing to others!

Here's what one blogger did (kikielectrique.blogster.com). I realize it's not revolutionary, but it obviously did have an impact of the recipients and the givers:

"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?"