Come sit down
right here
beside me
Come on
hold my hand
walk with me
Come in
lean against me
feel my strength
and your own
Come by
wrap your arms
around me
dance with me
Come along
lay down
safe beneath these sheets
receive the touch
your body needs
and your soul craves
Come back
for another hug
a gentle touch
that gives you
just enough
to go on
and reach out
to invite someone else
to come
come inside
come just as you are
come and be touched
💜As a massage therapist, I believe so strongly in the need for touch. I believe that if people received weekly therapeutic touch sessions, the world would be such a kinder place.
Jesus modeled touch with compassion in such simple,beautiful, profound ways…No-one was “untouchable” or unreachable.
My Mema was the same way ….one of the best lessons she taught me was the simplest..the importance of touch.
There waa a homeless man that lived in the woods close to our home. Mema would often bring him meals from our home or, when she saw him out on cold mornings, she would get a cup of coffee and biscuits stuffed with sausage from the fast food restaurant on the corner….but the really important thing she did was more fulfilling than the food and drink.
Mema would hand him the food and hold his hands for a few minutes and meet his eyes. She would smile and talk to him as if he was a long lost friend.
She told me, “Jeanna’,look at his beautiful brown eyes…I imagine his momma just loved those brown eyes so much.”
Someone asked her once if she was afraid of getting germs from touching. “that dirty old homeless man” and, to this day, I remember her voice filled with anger as she replied, “I can always wash my hands and get the that kind of dirt off….but you can’t wash off an ugly heart!”
That just about says it all….
Touch someone today…and let yourself be touched,
Jeanna' Soul 