Free Hugs!
Yesterday as I was walking across campus I passed a small group of students dressed in red t-shirts with permanent black marker emblazoned across the front: FREE HUGS =)
Perhaps they were taking a page out of the book of the Purdue University Compliment Guys, or perhaps they were just trying to spread some cheer in the days leading up to Valentine’s Day. As I walked past them, one young man came bounding across the sidewalk with his arms opened wide.
“Hi, there. How are you?” He asked.
“Fine,” I said. And then, as he continued to stand in front of me, “Are you going to give me a hug?”
“May I?”
“Sure.”
So he gave me a quick hug and then skipped back to his compatriots.
“Have a good day,” I called.
I love college students. You never know what crazy, whimsical, or insightful thing they will come up with next. Like giving away free hugs.
Have you hugged a stranger today?
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted… (Ephesians 4:32)
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Janet Beagle, PhD is the founder of The Mustard Patch. She divides her time between the Midwest and New England, and if she’s not writing, she’s probably out hiking with her 2-and 4-footed friends.
How did I miss this post? God bless Purdue students. They are awesome. Look at how happy the people’s faces are in those photos–those “Stranger-Friends” as my favorite young person calls them. So, how did you feel after being hugged by a Stranger-Friend?