Points to Ponder:

Whoever you are, there is some younger person who thinks you are perfect. There is some work that will never be done, if you don’t do it. There is someone who would miss you if you were gone. There is a place that you alone can fill.
- Jacob Braude

Touch is a primal need, as necessary for growth as food, clothing or shelter. From the nuzzles and caresses between mother and infant that form the foundation of the self, to the holding of hands between a son and his dying father that allows a final letting go, touch is our most intimate and powerful form of communication. Michelangelo knew this: when he painted God extending a hand towards Adam on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, he chose touch to depict the gift of life.
- George Howe Colt