The moment before the handshake, the hug, the high five, the nod, the moment before…
We seem to figure out how to greet one another before we do.
How do decide the type of touch, and whether to touch?
How do we know when to hug, when to kiss on the check, or when we should extend our hand?
How much of this decision is based upon barely visible clues we receive in the moments before?
Is it instinct and institution which guides us?
Yet, how often are we wrong?
How often are we sending signals we did not intend to send, which are being processed and acted upon in ways very different from what we intended?
Look closely next time, in the moments before…
see how your noticing influencers whether you are
hugged
high-fived,
or namasted.
A Life of Wonder 
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