Starflower
Lonely? Sad? Get some Free Hugs!
Maybe you’ve heard of them, maybe you’ve even seen them before – people giving free hugs to total strangers in public places. You usually find them in busy places, in shopping centres, pedestrian zones and near train stations, carrying signs that read Free Hugs. Usually, they are also surrounded by a confused, amused or intrigued – and a few people who want to collect their free hugs.
But what’s the point of all these free hugs? For once, this is a crazy movement that didn’t originate in the USA, but in Canada. There are several stories about how the Free Hugs Campaign started, but the gist is always the same: the guy who invented free hugs was sad and lonely and far from the people who could have given him a simple hug to make him feel betterh. He would have loved nothing more than a friendly hug at that moment, so he founded the Free Hugs Campaign, which has been spreading free hugs worldwide ever since:
Some people think the idea is a little silly, some start discussions about the legal implications of giving away free hugs in public (!) and others are overwhelmed and enthusiastic. Free Hugs fans tell of the warm, fuzzy feeling a free hug gives them, that it cures sadness and loneliness, that it puts smiles on the faces of huggers and huggees, and that they want to make the world a friendlier place.
Many recipients of free hugs become huggers themselves. After all, anyone who gives a free hug, automatically gets a free hug back 
