Dictionary Definition:
hug/verb
hold closely in one's arms, keep close to
hug/noun
a hugging movement
It's been a long time since I hugged someone. Since I really hugged someone. Since I really held them so close I could hear their heart beating, so tight I could almost not breathe, so completely as though we wouldn't ever let go, so lovingly, as though someone was filling warmth like a liquid into my entire frame, flesh and soul.
Hugging is a very powerful act, but people don't realise it. A 'little' thing, yet conveys a lot. Nothing else will give you the feeling of love, protection, security, kinship, comfort simultaneously in a potent mixture so magical it has no equal.
The last time someone hugged me was when a friend comforted me, fresh after someone else had quarrelled majorly with me, almost treacherously. I couldn't let go of her, and for the first time in my life I shed tears in public. The tears couldn't stop, but it didn't feel wrong, while I was in my friend's arms, receiving solace.
A hug is especially powerful when someone else gives it to you. And you can't expect to receive a hug unless that someone truly understands that you need comfort but can't express it, can't ask for it. A hug you ask for can never equal one you receive without asking. Because the latter means your friend knows you, cares for you and watches over you.
And nothing is so ecstatic and heart-warming as the knowledge, when you are feeling low and vulnerable, that you are so well loved by someone, who isn't of your blood or flesh, but treats you like you were.
Today is International Hug Day (apparently). 23 hours and 59 minutes have gone by since the day began, and I haven't yet received a hug from anyone. Probably because no one knows that it's Hug Day. And even more probably because a hug is something spontaneous. You don't need a special day for this.
But I miss a hug. It's been very long...
And that, every time, is what makes it so precious.
It's been a long time since I hugged someone. Since I really hugged someone. Since I really held them so close I could hear their heart beating, so tight I could almost not breathe, so completely as though we wouldn't ever let go, so lovingly, as though someone was filling warmth like a liquid into my entire frame, flesh and soul.
Hugging is a very powerful act, but people don't realise it. A 'little' thing, yet conveys a lot. Nothing else will give you the feeling of love, protection, security, kinship, comfort simultaneously in a potent mixture so magical it has no equal.
The last time someone hugged me was when a friend comforted me, fresh after someone else had quarrelled majorly with me, almost treacherously. I couldn't let go of her, and for the first time in my life I shed tears in public. The tears couldn't stop, but it didn't feel wrong, while I was in my friend's arms, receiving solace.
A hug is especially powerful when someone else gives it to you. And you can't expect to receive a hug unless that someone truly understands that you need comfort but can't express it, can't ask for it. A hug you ask for can never equal one you receive without asking. Because the latter means your friend knows you, cares for you and watches over you.
And nothing is so ecstatic and heart-warming as the knowledge, when you are feeling low and vulnerable, that you are so well loved by someone, who isn't of your blood or flesh, but treats you like you were.
Today is International Hug Day (apparently). 23 hours and 59 minutes have gone by since the day began, and I haven't yet received a hug from anyone. Probably because no one knows that it's Hug Day. And even more probably because a hug is something spontaneous. You don't need a special day for this.
But I miss a hug. It's been very long...
And that, every time, is what makes it so precious.
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