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Wednesday, November 19, 2008 最早向世界推行这个活动的是美国人贾森.亨特。活动的灵感来自于他去世的母亲。5年前亨特在母亲的葬礼上听到许多关于母亲的事迹，得到过亨特母亲帮助关心 过的人回忆从她那里得到的温暖，一方面受到母亲故事的感召，另一方面感觉自己需要借助他人提供的温暖来克服丧母的悲痛，亨特做了个写着“真情拥抱”的纸牌 走上家乡的大街。第一个与他“真情拥抱”的人是一个路过的姑娘，她停了下来，看了看纸板，毫不犹豫地向亨特张开了双臂。从这一天起，“FREEHUGS” 这个关于爱和分享的运动开始在全美国蔓延。过后，一位名叫Juan Mann的澳洲男子在悉尼闹市街头手举“自由拥抱”的牌子将这项运动推向了全球化的网络世界。他在大街上举上牌子，上面写着“Free Hugs”，让大家体验拥抱带来的快乐和温暖的感觉。在社会越来月发展的情况下，网络拉近了人与人之间的距离，你甚至可以直接和在美国的陌生人面对面；但 是很多人却忽略了身边的人。你可以和远方的陌生人促膝长谈，却很少和自己的邻居说一句话。Free Hugs告诉我们的是：今天你抱了没有？Mann说，这是让大家笑容绽开的一种方式，“因为只要有一个人跟我拥抱，就会带动从旁经过的五个路人脸上的微笑 ”。想想每天都有机会遇见许多陌生的脸孔，大家目光接触时大多都带着警觉，排斥，甚至敌意，大多时候我们是为了免于伤害，所以选择保持距离，我想更大力， 更诚挚的拥抱，得到的温暖和理解应该远多于疏远带来的误解和伤害的。今天你抱了没有？ 什么是FreeHugs呢？最多的中文解释是“免费拥抱”，但也有人认为应该理解为“自由拥抱”等。
Free hugs is a real life controversial story of Juan Mann, A man whos sole mission was to reach out and hug a stranger to brighten up their lives.In this age of social disconnectivity and lack of human contact, the effects of the Free Hugs campaign became phenomenal.
As this symbol of human hope spread accross the city, police and officials ordered the Free Hugs campaign BANNED. What we then witness is the true spirit of humanity come together in what can only be described as awe inspiring.
How it all started:
I'd been living in London when my world turned upside down and I'd had to come home. By the time my plane landed back in Sydney, all I had left was a carry on bag full of clothes and a world of troubles. No one to welcome me back, no place to call home. I was a tourist in my hometown.
Standing there in the arrivals terminal, watching other passengers meeting their waiting friends and family, with open arms and smiling faces, hugging and laughing together, I wanted someone out there to be waiting for me. To be happy to see me. To smile at me. To hug me.
So I got some cardboard and a marker and made a sign. I found the busiest pedestrian intersection in the city and held that sign aloft, with the words "Free Hugs" on both sides.
And for 15 minutes, people just stared right through me. The first person who stopped, tapped me on the shoulder and told me how her dog had just died that morning. How that morning had been the one year anniversary of her only daughter dying in a car accident. How what she needed now, when she felt most alone in the world, was a hug. I got down on one knee, we put our arms around each other and when we parted, she was smiling.
Everyone has problems and for sure mine haven't compared. But to see someone who was once frowning, smile even for a moment, is worth it every time.
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