It is said that during World War II, when there was a severe shortage of medication for the newborn children, the nurses were advised to just hold the child from time to time. It was believed that just a self assuring touch of a person would motivate the child to live through its toughest time. And it really did work. Today, in an age where everything needs to be named fancy in order to be accepted, we know of it as "touch therapy". Its a pity that we dont practice it that often.
Why do we believe that just because a child has grown on to become an adult, s/he doesn't need the self assurance of that touch any more? Haven't we ever noticed that sometimes, the best way to calm down a friend is to just give him or her a hug? If not a hug, even a tap on the shoulder or a soft rub on the back of the palm? I believe that all we need to get through some of the toughest moments of our life, is an assurance that we are not alone in this..... that there is someone to catch hold of us..... or at least to look at us as we go down in the battle of life... to cry for us or sigh for us as we die..
So go ahead... spread the touch.... irrespective of race, religion, age or gender..... You never know how easy you've made life, for the one you love or for the one you care..
