Do you know that a massage therapist does not know what their own touch fully feels like? Isn't that interesting? I believe this is because part of the experience of touch is the psychological/relational aspect, i.e. letting someone else's energy or presence into your own. It is difficult for us to experience ourselves the same way that other people do. Similarly, being "touched" by something (be it a story, poem, musical selection, photo, etc....) means it infiltrates our psychological space--it impacts us or shifts us in a noticable way. We can be "touched" in many ways.
But what happens when a person has experienced neglect in touch? Ah...how did you just read that sentence? Did you read "touch" in the sense of physical touch? Or emotional, or spiritual, or .....fill in the blank. What I am getting at is are we aware of any areas in which we have not been touched or moved lately? All areas of our lives should be able to be touched...unless they are dead, dormant or defended. This does not mean we let anyone or anything in without permission--boundaries are a good thing. But anything that is "untouchable" is worth noting in our own lives.
So...keep in touch with yourself. Keep your own pulse across your physical, emotional, and spiritual dimensions. Also--keep in touch with others, and allow them to touch these areas of your life--and touch theirs! Reach out and touch someone!
