{"id":15793,"date":"2014-04-20T09:18:12","date_gmt":"2014-04-20T09:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15793"},"modified":"2014-04-20T09:21:19","modified_gmt":"2014-04-20T09:21:19","slug":"tactile-caring-for-each-other-and-our-earthling-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/04\/tactile-caring-for-each-other-and-our-earthling-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"Tactile caring for each other and our earthling friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I think this is a \u00a0hard one<\/p>\n<p>but one that must be said<\/p>\n<p>all creatures great and small react<\/p>\n<p>to another&#8217;s touch<\/p>\n<p>I am fed<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>up with human beings<\/p>\n<p>who have sensory organs<\/p>\n<p>but they<\/p>\n<p>rarely use them<\/p>\n<p>for positive good<\/p>\n<p>our skin<\/p>\n<p>can heal, I say<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The masseur<\/p>\n<p>what is she doing<\/p>\n<p>she is touching another, she<\/p>\n<p>kneads and gives some energy<\/p>\n<p>helping the other to see<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>to feel to realize another&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p>power is there to care<\/p>\n<p>to cure to love the sensation<\/p>\n<p>that each of us can share<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>we \u00a0have become less tactile<\/p>\n<p>less trusting<\/p>\n<p>less just less<\/p>\n<p>we pick up a kitten<\/p>\n<p>we stoke it<\/p>\n<p>and its stress<\/p>\n<p>levels<\/p>\n<p>you can feel them lower<\/p>\n<p>you hear its loving purr<\/p>\n<p>animals are tactile<\/p>\n<p>and once some of us were<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: 14px;\">Pigs have been mistreated down the ages<\/span><\/p>\n<p>as we know<\/p>\n<p>pigs are so intelligent<\/p>\n<p>and have feeling and they show<\/p>\n<p>them if you ever bothered<\/p>\n<p>to get nearer to them they<\/p>\n<p>will show you all their feelings<\/p>\n<p>for that is a pigs way<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>we too do have feelings<\/p>\n<p>of love and want to care<\/p>\n<p>may be just hold someone&#8217;s hand<\/p>\n<p>but are we that aware<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>do we want to hold their hand<\/p>\n<p>to us we&#8217;ve lost that \u00a0spark<\/p>\n<p>the world has lost that energy<\/p>\n<p>everywhere&#8217;s more dark<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Light however small can<\/p>\n<p>open doors for those who try<\/p>\n<p>true manipulation of each other<\/p>\n<p>now is why<\/p>\n<p>touch the art of touch<\/p>\n<p>gives pleasure \u00a0and soothing too<\/p>\n<p>and animals respond to all of us<\/p>\n<p>of course they do<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>we have to be more tactile<\/p>\n<p>give more of what we possess<\/p>\n<p>our skin is amazingly sensitive<\/p>\n<p>as is the pigs<\/p>\n<p>and stress<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>is caused by lack of tactile touch<\/p>\n<p>a gentle hand can do<\/p>\n<p>much more than the medicine<\/p>\n<p>they try to pump in you<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>a smiling face a soft hand<\/p>\n<p>perhaps a little oil<\/p>\n<p>caressing someone has such power<\/p>\n<p>it never is a foil<\/p>\n<p>for anything beyond a way<\/p>\n<p>of the being of the thought<\/p>\n<p>a mother with a baby<\/p>\n<p>in that live moment caught<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>the pig the cat the wild Lion<\/p>\n<p>all enjoy that feeling<\/p>\n<p>that touch of someone else<\/p>\n<p>it is very revealing<\/p>\n<p>and the lack of it<\/p>\n<p>makes for difficulty<\/p>\n<p>in relationships I feel<\/p>\n<p>because humans are like animals<\/p>\n<p>that are so very real<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think this is a \u00a0hard one but one that must be said all creatures great and small react to another&#8217;s touch I am fed &nbsp; 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