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The Power of Love and Hugsby blakely |
Don
Juan DeMarco is a favorite movie of my husband’s and he watches it
every few years. He watched it a few days ago as I tackled my social
media and at the very end, this quote caught my imagination. “… (Don
Juan) suffered from a romanticism which was completely incurable and
even worse, highly contagious.” I think I’ve caught it. ;)
Imagine
if love was contagious like an air borne disease. Wouldn’t that be
glorious? Can you picture it? You’re walking down the street, minding
your own business and you look up and find a couple in front of you
making out. Like a spell cast, you head back home to find your wife and
you wrap her up in a big warm hug. “I just had to tell you how much I
love you,” you say.
We
already know, from many studies, that hate is infectious. I assume most
people are familiar with the blue-eyes, brown eyes experiment that Jane
Elliot developed and used on her third grade class. If not, there are
several articles online. The short version is that she split her class
into two groups based on eye color and treated each group differently.
The lesson was set out to teach about discrimination most especially
regarding how black people were treated in the 60s. The experiment
showed how easily we can group together against another community of
people based on contrived cultural biases.
Why doesn’t it work the other way? Why isn’t love contagious?
Although
it may not be contagious, we still feel its influence. We feel enriched
when we hear of a great true love story and I, for one, never tire of
hearing them. My husband and I have been told that our love is inspiring
and gives people hope. I don’t think there is a bigger compliment than
being an inspiration to someone else.
We
are part of a wonderful community—two actually—where we share affection
in the form of hugs with our friends. Hugs are a wonderful way to
connect with those you love and care about. A warm embrace can shift a
bad mood and/or make a person feel far less alone.
Check out this video on Free Hugs (It makes me cry every time):
Like
love, hugs should be catching. Mata Amritanandamayi, otherwise known as
the hugging saint, understands the power of the hug and has shared her
physical embrace with millions of people.
Annie,
my black stripped tiger kitty is lying across half of my lap and has
her paw extended touching my right forearm. My left arm is draped over
her back as I type and she is purring loudly. Just as she needs her
daily affection, so do we. She is also brilliant at giving hugs. She
loves to lay across my shoulder and press her head against my neck.
In
the final book of the My Body Trilogy, Jane finally understands one of
life’s most important lessons about love and connection. That’s all I’m
going to share about that. ;) But suffice it to say, we could all use a
little more true love and affection infection each and every day. I
hope we all “catch” the love bug and share it regularly.
Very warm hugs,
Blakely
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