I need a hug… Everybody needs a hug. It’s like a miracle medicine that can heal wounds, ease pain, and keep us alive. 
***The Life-Saving Hug: The story of Kyrie and Brielle***
Premature twin girls Kyrie and Brielle Jackson were born on October 17, 1995, 12 weeks ahead of their due date. Needing intensive care and special medical attention, they were placed on separate incubators.
In the following days, Kyrie began to stabilize her health and gained weight. But her twin, Brielle was not doing well, had trouble breathing and heart problems. Truth is – she was not expected to live.
Their nurse, Gayle Kasparian, tried everything to help Brielle’s health get better. With nothing else to do, she went against the hospital’s policy and decided to place the twins in the same incubator.
She let the twins sleep together and was surprised at the sight of it. Kyrie put her small arm to Brielle, as if to hug her. After a while, Brielle’s heart rate stabilized, she could breathe more easily and her health is as good as Kyrie.
From then on, they decided to keep both babies together, because when they were together they kept each other alive.
The power of hug - Kyrie and Brielle
Image and Story Resources:
http://www.nrlc.org/news/2001/NRL04/hugs.html
http://www.uniquenessdevelopmentgroup.com/uncategorized/the-power-of-hug/
“There’s something in a simple hug that always warms the heart. It welcomes us back home and makes it easier to part.”
~Johnny Ray Ryder, Jr., “A Simple Hug”
Sources:
cuteadorable.com and Google Images
“A zero added to the end of a number drastically changes its value. In our life, pay attention to detail; as small as it may be, it makes a huge difference.” -from Motivates My Day
Jesus says in Matthew 5:41-42 (NIV), “If someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles. Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.”
According to Christ’s Commission Fellowship:
“The first mile is our doing what is required, the second mile is our decision to do beyond what is required, for love. The second mile is the love mile, the miracle mile. There’s no reason why we should go the miracle mile, but to meet who waits for us at the end.”
And to understand more deeply what the second mile is, here’s a story of a little boy’s second mile journey…
A little boy wanted to meet God. He knew it was a long trip to where God lived, so he packed his suitcase with Twinkies and a six pack of root beer and he started his journey. When he had gone about three blocks, he met an old woman. She was sitting in the park just staring at some pigeons.
The boy sat down next to her and opened his suitcase. He was about to take a drink from his root beer when he noticed that the old lady looked hungry, so he offered her a Twinkie. She gratefully accepted it and smiled at him. Her smile was so pretty that the boy wanted to see it again, so he offered her a root beer. Again, she smiled at him. The boy was delighted.
They sat there all afternoon eating and smiling, but they never said a word.
As it grew dark, the boy realized how tired he was and he got up to leave, but before he had gone more than a few steps, he turned around, ran back to the old woman, and gave her a hug. She gave him her biggest smile ever.
When the boy opened the door to his own house a short time later, his mother was surprised by the look of joy on his face. She asked him, “What did you do today that made you so happy?” He replied, “I had lunch with God.” But before his mother could respond, he added, “You know what? She’s got the most beautiful smile I’ve ever seen!”
Meanwhile, the old woman, also radiant with joy, returned to her home. Her son was stunned by the look of peace on her face and he asked, “Mother, what did you do today that made you so happy?” She replied, “I ate Twinkies in the park with God.” However, before her son responded, she added, “You know, he’s much younger than I expected.”
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
People come into our lives for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. Embrace all equally!
Therefore Share this to people who have touched your life in a special way. Let them know how important they are. Have lunch with God.
-Author Unknown
No matter how hard the situation is, sometimes all it takes is a miracle smile.
Be like the little boy. Give a little spark of kindness to a stranger, a friend, or someone you know. Go for the second mile and touch a life.
“Everytime you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.”
~Mother Teresa
“Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day.”
~Quoted in P.S. I Love You
“Death ends a life, not a relationship.”
Have you lost track of someone who made a big impact in your life? Is it someone close to your heart? A non-relative who treated you as part of his family?
Maybe it was a colleague, a friend, or a mentor. Someone who helped you discover the world in a different perspective, lead you when were searching, and guided you to make your way to the right path.
Does someone familiar pops into your mind? Wouldn’t you like to see that person again?
As for Mitch Albom, that person was his favorite professor, Morrie Schwartz. Mitch was lucky to have the chance to reunite with his old friend. A little bit late though, he rediscovered his once love-to-dance professor in the last months of his life. Time has passed, and the disease (known as ALS or Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) withered Morrie’s body, but to Mitch, he’s still the man he’s looking up to. In the last moments of Morrie’s life, he was able to do his first love – teaching, but this time it’s about life and death. Indeed, he’s a “teacher until the end.”
“Tuesdays with Morrie” is a story of friendship, death, and life’s greatest lesson.
“So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they’re busy doing things they think are important. This is because they’re chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.”
“Accept what you are able to do and what you are not able to do”
“Dying is not synonymous to useless.”
“People are only mean when they’re threatened.”
“Love is how you stay alive, even after you are gone.”
“Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live.”
“We put our values in the wrong things. And it leads to very disillusioned lives.”
“A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.”
“You cannot substitute material things for love or gentleness or for tenderness or for a sense of comradeship.”
“If you’re trying to show off for people at the top, forget it. They will look down at you anyhow. And if you’re trying to show off for people at the bottom, forget it. They will only envy you. Status will get you nowhere. Only an open heart will allow you to float equally between everyone.”
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