That’s power so fundamental that most people never even realize it exists. The first thing we ever learn is that the touch of someone else’s hand can ease pain and make things better. Hands that hold and touch and reassure us through our very first crisis, and guide us into our very first shelter from pain. Hands that guide us to shelter, to comfort, to food. “Hands that wrap us in warmth, that hold us close. And what changes that first horror, that original state of terror? Make me believe it, even if its just for one night.Micah Geller considers himself lucky: At 27, he has more money than he needs, a job he loves, a debut book coming out and a brilliant career in information security before him. “It comes from our very earliest memories, when we all come into the world blinded by light and color, deafened by riotous sound, flailing in a suddenly cavernous space without any way of orienting ourselves, shuddering with cold, emptied with hunger, and justifiably frightened and confused.
There’s a reason human beings shake hands, hold hands, slap hands, bump hands. We acknowledge it in little ways, all the time. “There’s power in the touch of another person’s hand.
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