After each person had gone through the transformational moment, the entire tribe had to celebrate. There is great cause for celebration of course as it takes courage and conviction to go through the transformation. All declarations had to be stated loudly with intention, clarity and energy. Trust me, energy is really the motivating force to allow one to break down all barriers. Spunky Sparrow too went through the transformation after the declaration.

And then ingenious Rina came up with this idea of giving hugs once the person successfully completed the transformation. Bubbly and full of joy, she was jumping, happy for everyone.

I asked her what kind of hugs she would be giving. Without hesitation, she shouted out loud ‘L-sized’ hugs. So she said “L-sized hugs my way, S-sized hugs that way and M-sized hugs the other way.” I was laughing myself so loudly as she shouted “L-sized hugs come here come here”.

I teased her by saying she should open a hug agency offering free hugs to people as encouragement after they have completed an important episode in life. I even suggested that ‘L-sized’ hugs should be renamed ‘upsized’ hugs. She said “just like McDonalds”. Haha. After all, not everyone wanted super big hugs. I’ll be happy with ‘M’ sized if it’s Asian cut or even ‘S’ sized if they are from the West.

So Rina got my cue and renamed her hugs ‘upsized’ hugs. Then she also renamed the other two hugs as ’small’ hugs and ‘executive’ hugs respectively.

In business as in any other professions, once your competitor sees a potential in an area, he/she would jump onto the bandwagon to attempt to get a share of the pie too. This was what happened. Rina’s impromptu hug agency was so successful that other competitors too sprouted up. The other people were exclaiming “come to me for love” or “let me give you love”.

L-sized hugs or upsized hugs? I’ll always remember Transformation Night.

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