What Do YOU Think?

I think I've always been someone who ponders things more than others.   I can be extremely introspective...or at least I've pondered that thought a time or two.  Or maybe even the third time...if it was necessary...of course. :)

It's been said that a newborn will die without human touch.  This is why they are held and coddled in the nursery...not just fed and left alone.

I heard an elderly woman in the nail salon say "I'm a widow and my family lives so far away...If I didn't get my hair done once a week and my nails done...I wouldn't have any human touch whatsoever."

We all chuckled with her, but it was sad to realize the truth in her statement.  What happens to the spirit of an adult with no human touch?  

I've always been a hugger...I just love a hug!  It seems innocent enough and not extremely intrusive.  May be it's a Southern thing.   I can't very well go up and hug every stranger I meet...as they would surely think I'm loony.  But I do manage to get my much needed hug in every now and then.   

So if I'm going to ponder the effects of human touch...my mind naturally wanders to "The Kiss".  It's much easier to sneak a hug...than it is to go around with puckered lips...ready to kiss the world.

In my years of being single...of course I have the mental "checklist" of things that are important to me in a significant other.  Close to the very top of the list is GREAT KISSER.  It doesn't matter what other attributes they have...if they aren't a good kisser...I'm not sticking around.

The eyes are said to be the windows of the soul...and for me...the lips hold the story of the heart.   The kiss conveys the story of our heart and soul.

So next time you kiss someone...whether it be a parent...a sibling...a child...or a significant other...take notice.

After all...it's a conversation between the heart and soul that you may not want to miss...