Interesting article Perna. I also like the second about touch with babies and children. I think we all need touch and I feel sorry for the elderly in nursing homes. It would be nice to have volunteers go in and just comb their hair and rub some cream on their arms. I think this is why we have pets, since they love to be pet and it calms us. I wonder if some pets get more compassionate touching, than we do lol.

Sometimes my girls and I play the game, where to spell out the alphabet on the back of the other person and you have to guess what it is - it's so relaxing. When they were younger they used to play with my hair and put it in multiple pony tails - it was fun for them but relaxing more me.