The effect caressing has on the psyche can be clearly seen when one strokes an animal like a cat or a dog. The ecstasy they are experiencing is immediately apparent, and when it stops they beg for more. The majority of humans are not as demonstrative – if we were, life would be more pleasurable. The best way to overcome reticence and to enhance our lives is to practise the following exercise every day.
Visualisation: You are in a hospital. Walking around the wards, you are aware of the patients in their beds. They are sick but they are also sad, and in your heart you know the sadness is due to their loneliness. You walk towards a bed and stretch out your hand to the person in it. A look of gratitude, a sudden light in the eyes, is all the thanks you need. You feel good. Passing along the row of beds you give everyone a little of yourself, and when you leave there are smiling faces saying, ‘Thank you.’
Now you remember how many times you had taken for granted a loving touch or caress given to you by parents, partner and friends when they wanted you to know how much they cared. You are overwhelmed by a feeling of guilt, and you long to touch these same people, to give back a little of what you had received. You make a promise to yourself that you will never take a caress for granted again.
Affirmation: It is more satisfying to give than receive.
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