“Grandma, how do you deal with pain?”

“With your hands, dear. When you do it with your mind, the pain hardens even more.”

“With your hands, grandma?”

“Yes, yes. Our hands are the antennas of our Soul. When you move them by sewing, cooking, painting, touching the earth or sinking them into the ground, they send signals of caring to the deepest part of you and your Soul calms down. Then signs of pain will no longer be necessary.”

“Are hands really that important?”

“Yes my girl. Think of babies: they get to know the world thanks to their touch. When you look at the hands of older people, they tell more about their lives than any other part of the body. Everything that is made by hand, so it is said, is made with the heart because it’s really like this: hands and heart are connected. Think of lovers: When their hands touch, they love each other in a more sublime way.”

“My hands grandma.... how long since I used them like that!”

“Move them, my love. Begin to create with them and everything within you will move. The pain will not pass away. And instead what you do with them will become the most beautiful masterpiece and it won’t hurt as much anymore. Because you have been able to transform its essence.”

- Elena Bernabe