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Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Interactive Kinesthetic Telepathy


And what do I muse about today?
Hugs - that’s the most important thing. 
Oh, yes I have done all the usual house things.
You know, tidying, putting things away washing dishes, dusting.
And I’ve cut the grass, baked a loaf of bread, pulled a few more weeds, 
trimmed new little shoots from trunks of two old pear trees; answered emails, occasionally listened to the CBC radio.
But from early morning
the most important thing lacking
is very tactile in nature.
Hugs punctuate our lives in comma's and brackets. 
From the soft, warm hugs of a little one,
to the ‘I’m really an adult’ hug of a teenager;
sister/brother hugs,
friend to friend hugs
Hugs with tears of 
sadness
joy
excitement
glad to see you hugs
I’m proud of you hugs
good morning hugs
good night hugs
Lack of hugs is felt
so much more deeply when family 
tradition
genetics
learned behaviour
dictates that hugs be given
with both arms,
and tightly,
not so tight as to squeeze the breath out of a person or
break your back
but snuggly tight.

When nothing has to be said because
those snuggly, solid hugs say it all.

Hugs:  Definition ~

Interactive kinaesthetic telepathy 
or is it
Reciprocal kinaesthetic telepathy
or is it
Just lovely and warm.

"There's something in a simple hug that always warms the heart.
It welcomes us back home and makes it easier to part."
 - Johnny Ray Ryder, Jr., "A Simple Hug"