I'm grateful today for hugs. Hugs from a friend that I haven't seen in way too long, hugs from a friend because she saw I needed comfort. Hugs that I give to someone who needs comfort, hugs that I give to friends who I have a heart connection with and it is felt in our hug. Hugs in greeting and hugs in departing. A hug is something given and received that communicates the person is valuable in some way, they are worth entering into their space (sometimes their very messy - emotionally or physically - space) and they are worth the touch of another. I send a lot of virtual hugs since a lot of my heart-connection friends aren't even in the same state as me. I hope they know when I say: {{{hugs}}} I am doing my best to embrace them across the miles. I know when they say it to me that they are communicating that they are reaching out to bridge the gap between us with some love. I'm grateful for hugs and all they can communicate when words don't come easy or when emotions are high.
There are two probable origins for this idiom and I think both are equally plausible. The first one is that when you spread butter on bread you are buttering it up like one would do when trying to flatter someone. The second is in ancient India there was a practice of throwing balls of butter at statues to ask for favor, i.e. buttering them up. ( source ) When we use the phrase today we generally mean that extreme flattery is used to gain information or favor. It's not always necessarily a compliment.
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