Very TOUCHING...

Have we burdened our senses with such information overload that technology is keeping our sensibilities preoccupied to the level of numbness?

Being sensitive is considered a con agreed, but where has our lack of awareness gone?

We can now connect at the press of a button... things are getting as real as it virtually can get....

Right from Skype classes to facetime celebrations to E conferencing, mass broadcasts and going live on practically anything in and out of this world is the trend of the day....

What bothers me is that being technically close in this scenario has made us unavailable for each other in real world....

When was the last time we ve finished an entire coffee mug in a cafe with our loved one without looking at a screen? 

Have we enjoyed and gone through the highs and lows and emotional twirls of a movie without hurriedly checking out for any message updates....?

When have we actually checked into a new place to be with our folks and spend time with them without bothering to check in on status at FB or with tags of people we are with....?

Do we have more moments in our memory than on our memory card???

Do we try and relax recollecting fond times without relying on that hard disk storage that has to by default document every milestone?

What's the rush, why this urgency

Why this mandatory clutter n cramping of data piles???

While GB's of virtual layers cover our senses, we are turning into loners....

What do we miss the most?

Having to hear someone out by listening...

Meeting someone actually and not bothering to show it anywhere....

The magic of Pen and paper....

Letters...why are they so underrated?

Being beside each other with nothing to fidget or swap or scroll in our hands....

Sitting besides not even talking can make more sense if we try to listen to the unspoken...

Silence can be loud...

Hugs, where are the hugs gone....

No, not the buddy, colleague , best friend, pout bestie, cousin posing hug.... not at all....

The real one... where you share warmth...

Where there is an exchange of vibrations....

Where we surrender to the moment in the meet...

Where are the smiles gone....

The sighs of finally seeing someone...

Where is the hand holding gone?

Why aren't there enough kisses around???

Forehead kisses...

kisses on the cheeks, over the hands kisses, on the palms, on the shoulder, on the head and over the lips....

Kisses which show reassurance , care, gratitude, appreciation, love, value and much more... 

Do we hug and kiss our partners, children, parents , friends, loved ones and pets often....

Human touch is a blessing....

And we are bestowed with the boon of feelings... 

With age, conservative approach and social stigma the gift of touch has become either an exploited area or an unexplored aspect in our day to day living....

Many may ask, Why touch when you can tell? 

Why not touch and let it speak for itself...

By touch I am not at all entering the ,

"I m not the touchy feely types baba" zone....

Touch for expression is something so natural that many of us have ignored it  for most part of our lives....

Why not hold hands....? Isn't it a fantastic thing to do? 

Why not Sit close to your father?

why not cuddle with your grandson who has practically missed having you around for all this time?

Elder we get, we need to get gentler more open and more accepting .... ultimately reaching a state of awareness wherein we recognise the power of everything....

So next time let us make it a point to turn off the television and keep our phones away when we eat....

Let us drink our beverages without looking at screens but with full concentration towards what we want to say...

Let us watch a play or a concert without having to record it...

Let us enjoy a party without a surge of capturing it....

Let us experience nature first hand without anything electronic in our hands....

Let us meet and hug more often...

Let us kiss our loved ones appropriately and enough so that we can experience the gift of expression to its maximum...

Let us laugh loud, clap and give each other that high five...

Let us chuckle n blink like old times and gather for a group hug....

Let us breathe and be there right in the moment....

Let us snuggle and cuddle real close with our precious significants...

We will then mean the words 

'i love you' , 

'i have missed you ' 

'you are special'

'i want you to stay'

'let us do this'

'i am all yours'

'we are blessed'

'i am so excited'..... and many more...

Touch and tell...

let it be pure, let it be natural, let it be ubinhibitive, let it be non judgemental, let go of the ego....

Let there be HUGS , KISSES, CUDDLES, HOLDING HANDS, COMPANY and PRESENCE....

We would like to live the gift of life to the fullest and have no regrets....

We would like to come home to warmth and not lonely cubicals...

We are here to share and care....

We are blessed with emotions and feelings....

Let us show what we have got...

Let it be real...

Let it be in sync with nature....

Let it be love based and not fear based....

Let us bask in positivity, joy and happiness....

Let us just BE...

- Prajakta Sathe