Touch

We all know how to be a child. It's inside all of us...it's just remembering how to enjoy it. The truth is, when our mothers held us, rocked us, stroked our heads - none of us ever got enough of that. We all yearn in some way to return to those days when we were completely taken care of - unconditional love, unconditional attention.

Morrie Schwartz


Last week, just as I was about to leave my Reiki session, Priya said to wait a minute, she'd just thought of something else she needed to tell me. She said that when I am feeling fraught or low or upset, even when I can't sleep in the middle of the night, what I should do is lay both my hands, touching, over my heart and breathe deeply. We all crave for contact in some way - to be touched, to be held. So there is no reason why we can't hold ourselves; give ourselves some of the care and attention we all deserve but so often forget about in our busy lives. I have found this has really helped over the past week. When I've been about to lose my patience with Maya, or when I'm stretched out in bed, willing the morning to come; I'm turning my back on the panic that instinctively wells up and comforting and soothing myself.

I didn't have a good night and I'm feeling really tired today. So far this morning I have not been communicative with my family. But that's okay. Because neither have I crawled into my little shell and blocked out the light. I've just finished reading a book called 'Tuesdays with Morrie' and this is the Morrie who said the words I've quoted above. I would really, really recommend everyone reads this. It's a very simple story, full of simple truths. But we all have a knack of complicating our lives and the joy of simplicity gets buried. We must make time to be a child again and allow ourselves to be embraced aswell as embracing ourselves.