Still a child inside

Did you ever notice how animals and children both have the ability and permission to walk right up into your space and love on you? I miss the days of being able to do that. In an adult world where approaches like that are taken with a more erotic nature... there doesn't leave a lot of room for personal contact. This leaves solitary people finding other means to scratch the itch for physical contact in non-physical ways. I find that open and honest conversation helps a lot. So do warm and gracious hugs from gracious friends. When I feel like I have reached the goal of knowing and being known, somehow the need for intimacy also gets met. Knowing I am accepted for who I am and I don't have to hide anything. Well... those are all things that seem to feed that child inside of me who is starving for attention.