Free Hug

October 14th, 2008 § 22

This post is for them who feel that their life is full of sadness, melodramatic, lies and… yeah SHIT really happens :) Hei! that sounds like everyone else’s life :) So, Sometimes, a hug is all what we need

I would tell you a story about Free Hug

It’s all started from a guy named Juan Mann life is turned upside down and he had to come home,

By the time my plane landed back in Sydney, all I had left was a carry on bag full of clothes and a world of troubles. No one to welcome me back, no place to call home. I was a tourist in my hometown. I wanted someone out there to be waiting for me. To be happy to see me. To smile at me. To hug me

So he took some cardboard and a marker and mage a sign, go to the busiest pedestrian intersection in the city and hold the sign, it’s

Juan Mann

Juan Mann

The first person who stopped, tapped Mann on the shoulder and told him how her dog had just died that morning. How that morning had been the one year anniversary of her only daughter dying in a car accident. How what she needed now, when she felt most alone in the world, was a hug. He got down on one knee, they put their arms around each other and when they parted, she was smiling.

Everyone has problems and for sure mine haven’t compared. But to see someone who was once frowning, smile even for a moment, is worth it every time.

Yep.. from that day on, his sole mission was to reach out and hug a stranger to brighten up their lives :)

In mid 2006, Mann’s granmother died.. and in consolation SickPuppies lead singer made a music video using the footage he had shot in 2004 to send to Mann as a gift, ‘This is who you are’ is written on the disk, and it’s uploaded to YouTube and now became one of the most popular video on youtube.

The Music Video that makes Free Hugs well known to the world

You can find more info on it’s official site, and download an e-book to know what is Free Hug in depth in here

Yeah it may look as a small thing, but you never know that it can change someone’s life, I know.. since a hug has changed me :)

A big **Hug** to all of you :)

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