Welcome to Practice Love

“Practice Love” is an organization whose purpose is to spread the message of Love, as in “Love thy neighbor” [more on that here]. Want to join the movement? Simple. The instructions are on the tin: Practice Love. Welcome!

Here I post thoughts and observations on Love, and tweet little murmurs about Love in 140 characters or less (I love the twitter format because it makes you boil the idea down to its essence). These thoughts and murmurs are intended to be little nuggets of “feel good,” to brighten your day.

And there is a music section where I collect songs that inspire Love in me, in hopes they will do the same for you.

Want to help spread the message of Love? You can see the selection of stickers (and coming soon, apparel) in the store. We will be donating a portion of our profit to a (yet-to-be-determined) worthy cause.

My hope is that something here will make you smile! Can good vibes be passed through the wires of the inter-webs? I think so. Below is the most recent thought:

Free Hugs (Sick Puppies: “All the Same”)

Posted July 17th, 2010

With 60 Million+ views on Youtube, chances are you might have seen this one before. But if not, watch it! It’s the true story of this dude who decided to spread the Love by giving free hugs to strangers, and then was banned from doing so. Watch the video to see how it ends.

And if you have seen it, watch it again. It’s too inspiring not to.

And here is a follow-up video made by Juan Mann, the dude (mentioned above) that started the whole thing. He’s brilliantly taken the momentum from the original Free Hugs campaign and created two sites to help people help people. I’ll let him explain:

Here are the links:

Free Hugs Campaign

Free Help Campaign

There has been thousands of emails from all over the world from people seeking to participate in the Free Hugs Campaign and asking for permission. You don’t need permission. This is the people’s movement, this is *your* movement. With nothing but your bare hands you CAN make a difference.

-Juan Mann

What people have said:

Naj said (July 17th, 2010 at 8:04 pm):

This is brillant…bring back free love…
bravo…Juan Mann, you’ve given me hope for the world..

Christine aka CWSweden said (July 24th, 2010 at 1:10 am):

I am sitting here with tears of joy falling down my cheak…this is so wonderfull and something we all can do.
We can make a change-by hugging.
I know you would have loved this Michael :o )

Thank you Juan -you made my day

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