Monday, January 17, 2011
Love
Love is not only an idea and a feeling. It is a physical fact. Children (and adults) who do not experience the physical fact of love wither and sometimes die. Failure to thrive comes not only from lack of emotional and psychological nurturance but also from lack of physical love, whether that is lack of food, drink, touching, or companionship. Missing someone is not like missing cigarettes. Missing cigarettes gets easier each day you don't smoke. Missing someone you love is like missing water. Each day you notice the lack more and more.
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I remember watching something about orphaned monkey infants in an experiment. They would rather go to the dummy mother with warm fur but no milk than to the wire dummy mother with milk. Touch is important.
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