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Thinking on Thoughts: Hugs

A Weekly Thursday feature with themed quotes

Mike Sansone
Reaching Hearts
Published in
2 min readJun 6, 2024

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Two people hugging.
Photo by Andrew Neel on Unsplash

I love quotes, and several people I love do, too. Maybe you’re with me on this train of thought.

There are periods during the day when I will ponder a single word. I will look it up in a dictionary and a thesaurus and chew on what I find. This week, we ponder on the word and action of Hugs and a few quotes to think about:

I will not play tug o’ war. I’d rather play hug o’ war. Where everyone hugs instead of tugs, Where everyone giggles and rolls on the rug, Where everyone kisses, and everyone grins, and everyone cuddles, and everyone wins. — Shel Silverstein

Let’s all start hugging rather than competing! Giggling is fun, too! Most of us were great huggers when we were in our terrific twos, and it’s still within us. We just got out of practice. Come in here and let me hug ya.

Laughing together is as close as you can get to a hug without touching. — Gina Barreca

Speaking of giggles… shared laughter is almost as good as a hug. Laughter should be on the…

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Mike Sansone
Reaching Hearts

Hi :-) -We all want to laugh, be listened to, and want to be loved. Editor/Owner of these pubs : Reaching Hearts, Romancing Hearts, & Leadership Hearts.