Let's talk about: touch...

how you ever told someone to hold you? have you yourself ever been asked to hold someone?

yes. and once

it is nice to be able to give something as little as a hug. a hug that is all engulfing and creates such warmth and care as you hug with both arms and a hand behind their head. it creates vulnerability and allows for emotion also to be touched within the surface shallow nerve-endings that are engaged.

It is human nature to want to be near someone. to have contact with someone. to hear them breathe.

From infancy we long for touch, physical touch. we then start using more of senses and we begin to hear, see, taste, and smell... all things around us. We are then "touched" in more ways than just physical. Our emotions are now a variable in this ever evolving equation of being "touched". in our lives

yes sometimes the word may create bad connotations and leave us worse than when we started off. but we must recognize everyday we are touched.... even if it is merely by the new day sun. and yes people in the world hate hugs, or handshakes, or eye contact. but let me tell you, the music you listen to, the "www.perezhilton.com" you read, and the orange juice you drink... you are touched in one way or another.

don't be ashamed of being touched in all ways. it keeps one sane and allows for connection on this journey.

so "reach out and touch someone" it is the least you can do.