http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr3x_RRJdd4
Free Hugs is a campaign across the world, the brightens peoples day and puts smiles on their faces. I know some of you may think this is dangerous, to walk around carrying a sign that says "FREE HUGS" and get hugs from strangers, but we were with at least 20 exchange students, so there were a lot of people there in case something happened.
The feeling you got as you you watched a stranger walk in front of you with no smile, read your sign, suddenly have a big smile and open their arms for a big hug, there was no feeling better than that. Some people came up to me and said:
"This is an amazing idea.. The world needs this."
"This place could use a lot more hugs."
"You kids are amazing!!"
One person told Ana "please give me a strong hug, I need a really strong hug."
Peoples faces were filled with smiles around us, laughter was everywhere, it was the greatest feeling. Lots of people would come up to us and ask for a picture with us, or video record us and the peoples reactions.
There was no better feeling I've ever felt, than what I felt today, putting smiles on many peoples faces. Lots of people even stopped to ask us about where we're from, and the big question was why are we doing this? All of us usually had the same answer "put smiles on peoples faces.."
After that answer, they'd usually give us the biggest hug or talk to us more about other stuff.
It was an unbelievable day, met some great people and it really showed me how good it feels to give hugs to strangers. All the hugs were as if we have known them our whole life, it was an incredible feeling.
Excellent postings. Really enjoying following your blog. Keep up the great ambassadorialism!
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