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<TD colspan=2 align=center valign=top><B><H1>The Hugging Site </B></H1>
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(Halia suomeksi)</a></b><br>
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<b>Most of us have some type of difficulties in expressing ourselves or we just
don't share our feelings enough even with our friends, workmates or other people close to us. Often the reason
for this lies in western culture which has its own ways to emphasize solidness
and individualism in our behaviour. One way to enrich communication, and
at the side the best and sometimes even the worst parts of our lives, is
hugging.<p>
Hugging is one of the most complex and many sided ways of
interaction.
Through hugs we can spread our spoken language to the language of wider
expression. In different hugs we speak of security, confidence,
trust and sharing in a manner no word can tell. In these ways hugging
someone may also do good for one's self -esteem. "WOW, he/she is accepting
me just the way I am!" The precious moments of living will also raise
their significance when we add hugs into them.</font></b><p>
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<TR><td align="center" valign="top"><b>Links:</TD>
<td align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://oac3.hsc.uth.tmc.edu/~bardoin/hugs/">World Hug Week</a><br>
<a href="http://www.icbl.hw.ac.uk/~cjs/hugs.html">Hug-o-Tree program</a><br>
<a href="http://www.shop-the-net.com/hugs">Send-a-Hug</a><br>
<a href="http://home1.gte.net/locksley/Cuddlepages/">CuddleLand</a><br>
<a href="http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/9743/">The CuddleLand Web Ring</a><br>
<a href="http://www.bluemountain.com/eng/species/polrbearL.html">Send a Polar
Bear Hug!</a><br>
<a href="http://www.grfn.org/~sir_isle/happy_links.html">Sir Isle's Cuddly
Links</a><br></b></td></tr>
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