Last evening I complained of stomach-ache and my two year old niece instinctively wrapped her arms around me. She then gestured as if she would pick me up in her lap and even assured me that she would not drop me. She would have most certainly lifted me if she could, she had all the intent to; just that her age did not allow her to. This two-year old girl knew that she could make me feel better just by giving me a tight hug.
This set me thinking. How come the kids today become more and more disconnected with people around them as they grow up? And the funny thing is that we the parents are proud of the fact that they are proficient when it comes to using phones and laptops.
With increasing familiarity with gadgets, the sense and need for human connectivity seems to be declining. How often have you seen a group of friends or even a couple at a restaurant, all focused on their respective phones. Other familiar sights are the teenager in the house who is forever either on the phone or on the laptop; the spouse for whom responding to messages on the phone is more important than answering your queries; the friend who will be happier watching the videos being shared on whatsapp than talking to you. We have also seen how a mini emergency situation is created both at office and at home in case Internet is down or there are connectivity issues. Having a connection or a bond with other human beings – colleagues, friends, and family counts pretty low on the priority list as compared to that.
The one Mantra to solve all Connectivity problems
Did you know that there are groups around the world in countries like Australia, Austria and the US who give free hugs to strangers as random acts of kindness. The idea is to connect as humans and that a hug has the power to make the giver and the receiver feel better.
BJP State Unit chief Manoj Tewari recently announced that people lining up in queues outside Delhi Banks and ATMs would be given Laddoos. It would be better Mr Politician if the people who are standing in queues could get hugs instead. Hugs are 100% hygienic while the quality of laddoos in today’s tainted times will be suspect even in best-case scenario. Hugs have no expiry date; they serve the purpose wherever and whoever receives them. In fact how about getting Modi clones to give hugs to the common masses in queues; it will give extra bucks for the actor and would generate a feel good factor among the patriotic and nationalist citizenry.
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Do not underestimate the power of a hug or “Jaadu ki Jhappi” as immortalised in the hugely successful Munna Bhai MBBS. I have personally experienced the positive power of hugs. There are days when nothing seems to be going right. A warm hug from your loved ones at such a time suddenly brightens everything; spreads that warm fuzzy feeling inside you.
In our house we have what we call a family hug. Everybody gets together and hugs and believe me it’s like all the energy get pooled in and just makes everybody feel better. Try this in your family today. See how it makes you feel. As India is still a closed society, I wouldn’t go so far as to say that hug a stranger. Rather give a hug to your parent, sibling, family members or friend. Not only will they feel better but you will also find that small spark of strength in your being. Give a hug today.
