Lessons Of Love From Our Neighbors: Amsterdam, Netherlands

As far as, "Lessons Of Love" go, The Free Hugs Campaign never fails to simply amaze me. It is truly inspiring to see the changes factually occurring in a: cold, disdainful, and largely skeptical public - as these guys hit the streets with their homemade signs. At first come the looks of contempt and abhorrent disgust for these apparent kooks running wild in the city streets... then the more mild looks of general, but obvious, distrust... then a solitary individual will invariably brave the glare of his/her fellow pedestrians as he/she embraces another human being [a total stranger] in public... and everyone relaxes and begins to enjoy each others fellowship for merely what it is... strangers reaching out in LOVE for one another's Non-Judgmental Companionship.

Another Free Hugs campaign... this time it was conducted by the youth in Amsterdam.

Lessons In Love From Our Neighbors: "Free Hugs In Italy...."

As far as, "Lessons In Love" go, this one's magnificent. Every once in awhile, I come across something online which renews hope in my fellow humanity. One of these magnificent oddities is the growing worldwide "Free Hugs Campaign " - whose stated purpose is to merely remind people that they are in fact loved by others. Such a simple physical gesture, as providing someone a hug, can often make all of the difference to that one individual human - living in this often: cold, impersonal, and selfishly driven world! Just take a moment to watch the individual reactions of the everyday people being confronted by "LOVE."

The Free Hugs Campaign is an inspiring success in Sondrio, Italy. See video, above.

You will notice, from the video above, that most people are initially quite timid [or even emotionally disdainful] when the college students first start walking around with their signs. Many of them merely look at them suspiciously or question whether perhaps they are just nuts. And yet, once a solitary individual takes that first step to trustfully embrace them, everyone begins to: lighten up, share a smile, and become startlingly sociable. They have begun the process of realization, that everyone isn't their enemy at all... but rather, many of us are just like them and in need of: human contact, companionship, understanding, and acceptance.