Go and Hug Someone You Love!

you like to get a hug from the ones you love? I do believe that no one denies that when we get hugged we’ll feel better of relationship, feel more comfortable and keep us in better mood to face the day. This simple act accomplishes many things that you may have never considered. Hugging is a natural activity of nurturing and the sign of care to others.

According to family therapist Virginia Satir:

“We need 4 hugs a day for survival.
We need 8 hugs a day for maintenance.
We need 12 hugs a day for growth.”

Is it so great, isn’t it? and Here are some benefits of hugging I’ve concluded from some articles.

• It feels good.
• It dispels loneliness.
• It overcomes fear.
• It opens doors to feelings.
• It builds self-esteem.
• It fosters altruism.
• It slows down aging (huggers stay young longer).
• It helps curb appetite (we eat less when we are nourished by hugs and when our arms are busy wrapped around others).
• It eases tension.
• It fights insomnia.
• It keeps arms and shoulder muscles in condition.
• It provides stretching exercise if you are short.
• It provides stooping exercise if you are tall.
• It offers a wholesome alternative to promiscuity.
• It offers a healthy, safe alternative to alcohol and other drug abuse (better hugs than drugs!).
• It affirms physical being.
• It is democratic (anyone is eligible for a hug).
• It is ecologically sound (it does not upset the environment).
• It is energy-efficient (saves heat).
• It is portable (you can take it with you).
• It requires no special equipment.
• It demands no special setting (a fine place for a hug is any place from a doorstep to an executive conference room … from a church parlor to a football field).
• It makes happy days happier.
• It imparts feelings of belonging.
• It fills up empty places in our lives.
• It keeps on working to dispense benefits even after the hug is released.
• Reduces heart disease
• Diminishes stress
• Promotes longevity
• Strengthens social ties
• Lowers blood pressure
• Lowers heart rate
• Benefits the hugger and the huggee equally
  

Look, we list it so much, still not enough? Go and huge someone you love, your family, your best friend, your child and all the ones who have less of it and then add good things you get by hugging them into the list.

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