Posts Tagged ‘strangers in the land of Egypt.’

More about achieving happiness: The Golden Rule, tolerance, and free hugs

November 21, 2010

I saw this three-minute video and smiled a lot, and decided I wanted to share it. It’s about a bunch of people who give free hugs. But what do free hugs have to do with ethics?


Simply an application of the Golden Rule. The freehug movement was started by someone who needed a hug so he offered to hug anyone else. Do unto others…But it’s also a statement for tolerance, for acceptance and love of strangers: For you were strangers in the land of Egypt (Exodus 23:9).


So watch, smile, and remember,

A stranger shall thou not oppress; for you know the heart of a stranger, seeing you were strangers in the land of Egypt.