Hugging and Kissing

Have you heard that small things can change the world and make it a better place? It is true... Just hug and kiss your friends every time you meet them. And again when you say good bye. This will make you feel much better... and will make the world better.. Just try and you will feel it. It's the easiest thing to change this world!


Don't believe me? I wouldn't believe it too... But since I am in Brasil, I believe it. Here, instead of greeting your friends with a moderate handshake, it is the most natural thing to kiss them and give them a warm hug. And the same when saying goodbye. And when you meet someone for the first time you give them 2 or 3 kisses!

Now imagine you get kissed and hugged about 20 times.. every day!! It is a warm feeling that makes you so much more happy and relaxed. It is a kind of love you recieve and transmit to others... It just removes the daily stress and frustration. Instead, you get love.. And because everybody does it, it makes everybody more smiley, more happy and less nervous and less aggressive. What a change!

PS: I want to dedicate this post to my wonderful friends here, and all to the warm people in Brasil who treat strangers as friends.

PS: I will try to implement this when I come back in Germany, so people - beware {O} {O} {O}

PS: Here only men and women kiss, but men and men don't kiss, they only hug or give a special handshake. I guess hugging among men is somehow prejudiced by the fear of being taken for "gay". But I think men should hug, it's a kind of friendship.

PS: This guy gives free hugs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr3x_RRJdd4