Ha! Grace, where I work, I haven't given or gotten one hug in 15 years. Granted, for the first five years, I wasn't a huggy kind of person myself. But still, hugs are just not done where I work.

However, last year, our new CEO gave the outgoing CEO a hug on stage. So I guess there is still hope!

Consider yourself lucky. Here in my office in Mumbai , we just don't hug each other. O HUGS IN 13 YEARS!
love and hugs
Dipti

Hugging is just part of how I grew up...so I {{{hug}}}family at home, people at work!!! Just yesterday, a new instructor at school came in this week to present "Wings of Discovery" with our kindergarten children. I took the liberty of setting up her materials (in the morning) in class, before she arrived. When I got there in the afternoon for the presentation, she was so delighted...she rushed over to me and gave me a great BIG HUG and KISS...she was so thankful!
Turned out she was running late from the morning school and was worried she would not have the materials set up in time for us :)ALL's WELL!!!

I was thinking about this last night, as I waited for my daughter to arrive in the airport...it's such a GREAT feeling, even just to watch and feel the energy of loved ones coming from away and greeting each other with hugs. You could just feel the JOY of that moment of huggingness!

Hugging is a part of our healing and connectedness, I believe. A nice loving warm hug is what helps us to be more compassionate towards others...or at least share in the universal joy of belonging.

I think people who are not hugged often miss out on something very special about our existence. Even though sometimes we don't feel like being hugged...and that's okay, there are many times when a lot of us need it. Babies benefit a great deal from that gentle touch and hugging in the early stages of life.

I hug my bosses at work, even the ones who don't go around hugging others...I sometimes write in our communication binder at work for everyone to read..."hug someone today"

by the way...

{{{WARM HUGS TO ALL OF YOU}}}
and

HAPPY FRIDAY!!!:)

Cinda

Great post, Grace!! Humans are huggers by nature. It is how we bond with affection and respect. Animals do it all the time in "their ways". It is natures natural remedy for physical-balance.

With my son off to college 2 years, my only hugs come from my Mom.. whom is not, and never has been.. a hugger.

I miss hugs too!

Love,
North

Hugs can also come in other ways, it doesn't always have to be physical.

Appreciation and love is expressed in so many ways, too bad some ways are too commercialized these days.

Hugs from the heartphone :)

Mieke

Grace,

Wow, what a shift for you. I've been in a mainstream job for many years and recently moved my office to the corporate office. So many times I've thought that I was in the wrong job; so many times I've considered leaving. However, mainstream is where light of love is greatly needed and may be why I choose to stay.

There are lots of ways to give hugs: through the sound of voice, a simple touch, shining eyes, etc. Most people and systems are starving for this affection. And most people are so broken down that they don't know how to give and receive this substance through emotional expression of action. This lack of exchange is what causes aggression, anger, rage - war of all degrees.

Consider that you are practicing massage right where you are. You have a tough client. One with flesh that is resistant, organs that are toxic, muscles that are weak, nerves that lack fire and brains that need re-wiring.

With enough love and strong doses of patience -- and if it's the right plot of ground for you -- you can loosen that ground and gradually change it all including yourself. And I do think that "gradually" means something different than it used to since emotional heat is picking up. What used to take 17 years to change may now take 8 years...or maybe 8 days....or maybe 8 minutes.

Grace, you are playing a part in the shifting of critical mass. Watch for those doors that open a wee bit and watch for those doors that open wide because they are so ready. Be present in love and with love. Grace, you are doing this work!

I am sending you a hug in this moment like one flower of a bouquet. Watch and listen today as you receive many flowers of giving and receiving. We on IntentBlog hold one another in this way.

Trish~~

Trees expect to be hugged. Some require very long arms, which reminds me.......across the 'pond,' cyber-hugs a-winging! Feel the ((((((energy)))))) and do it anyway, or was that 'fear?'

Time is coming, when a business will be known for how many it embraces. One world.

Mieke, hug from the heartphone may be better called a nonlocal hug - after quantum nonlocality lol. I send nonlocal hug to you all!

Well then, a warm non-local hug to all from me2 :)

Mieke

Mieke, hug from the heartphone may be better called a nonlocal hug - after quantum nonlocality lol. What do you think?

I send nonlocal hug to you all!

Harb, (non)local synchronicity !

Lol,

Mieke

Hi Grace,

Quite often it depends on management and the dominant consciousness. Hugging in a company is something investors should look at when determining the future success of a company. Hugging usually indicates low levels of backstabbing, internal conflict, destructive gossip and ego dominance.

In the new systems companies that are dominated by spirit born intentions will become market leaders because they are quick to evolve and adapt and energy feeds the creation of value and efficiency, not conflict.

You might also be interested in this article from newswire.pro

Is Sex & Touch the Answer to World Conflict?

Click My Name

Love and closeness eliminates the ability to violate.

I am reminded of a Doors song for some reason . . .

-c'mon, c'mon, now touch me babe, can't you see that I am not afraid, what was that promise that you made . . .-

Very kewl, I don't think I have hugged a person in, well, in uh

years.

Wow. I do not think that is good . . .

hmmm

Never heard of hugging in the business world, so most of us would think it's strange, especially in medium to large companies, in Silicon Valley at that, and hi-tech. Plus, it would be considered harassment if someone touched someone at work. That's my work environment.

This guy that I hardly know, who happened to be my new cube neighbor (BTW: we have a beautiful view of the trees, sky, and mountains in my new work area), came to say good-bye to me last Friday and I thought he was going to hug me! I just about flipped out and threw my hand in front of him, right between us, so he could shake it.

Love, Char

Gob-smacking.....well not exactly...#8#9#10, Harb and Meike, that's the non-local localised.
You guys are something else!

Love it

So in lieu of hugs, we treat people with respect and do the job as required with the least amount of conflict or interruption to another person or group to meet our deadlines in serving our customers, whomever they may be - internally or externally. And I guess what would be considered a big hug at work would be to go the extra mile to help someone else do their job and make it less stressful. And a nice little hug would be a smile and/or a kind tone in the voice when dealing with those in the office, as well as callers on the phone. It all boils down to respect.

Love, Char

Satsang - company of good friends, purifies the mind and makes it steady on the spiritual path.

Satsang facilitates spiritual growth and leads to Self-Realization. Satsang is about acceptance and not rejection.

It is not about going away from anything but seeing where we already are, in the Heart. Home is where the Heart is.

If we are able to see that it is the same Heart everywhere, then we have seen at once through the eyes of all living beings.

The tenderness that vision brings in our lives makes us want to embrace everyone we meet and bless the whole cosmos with peace and happiness.

from:
harshasatsangh.com

Hi Kate,

Beautiful site, have added it to my favourites.

Home is where the Heart is, my last poem in that book of North and me is all about the same Truth.

Love from the heartphone :)

Mieke

Hey All, do Virtual HUGS count? If so, then I have hugged, and I have been hugged. : )

Sharing from the heartphone,
North

I'm trying to think of more ways to hug people at work. So far all I've got are birthdays, and then I ask first if they want one. Nothing is worse than some creepy hugging lady forcing hugs on you when you don't want one!

I laughed out loud reading some of these posts ... zero hugs in 13 years ... ha ha! We're all just a bunch of freaks, aren't we? How did we imprison ourselves like this? :-D

Cyber hugs back at y'all...