The 5th Sense

When we as human beings need something we are denied, or deny ourselves, for so long we will have one of two results. We will either madly jump in when the fifth sense does come (and we have let down our walls) even if it is not with the right person; or we will learn to live without it and we will deny it towards others. For not only should we receive it, but also give it. How long can man live wihtout this fifth sense? In the absense of pure touch, we see anger, resentment, impurity - because we try to make up for what is lacking in the wrong way.
I imagine a school teacher continues to return every year despite the politics she must deal with because of the touch she receives from the innocence of childhood. (I'm sure there are other reasons attached to this as well) Her job is more fulfilling, and more difficult, than the secretary at the desk because of the fifth sense. A child is not afraid to hold the teacher's hand, cry on the teacher's shoulder, or kiss her face. Of course not all children do this and not all teachers condone such behavior. But those who do not receive their fair share of this sense at home, lack in one major area of life. I imagine the worse sense to lose would be the sense of touch. I'd rather be blind than numb. But with my 20/20 vision (with my glasses) I see so many fathers, students, sisters numb to their family, their peers, their community.
Now on the other side of this, too much touch might possibly lead someone on. And a person who is so set on receiving it, when they don't, abuse another in order to find fulfillment. We are relational beings. We ultimately desire intimacy. Pure, deep intimacy. I am convinced we cannot find that on this earth. Yet we can see and hear and smell and taste and feel God's love for us through the giving and receiving of the fifth sense when we give as pure as our tainted hearts can.