People can live in so much emotional pain that it expresses itself in physical pain, often unbearably so. But merely caring, merely listening -- no, not merely...sincerely -- touching a shoulder or forearm, holding hands, can take the pain away. Very much of my off-duty professional life involves this. It may seem trivial, but it's not. It's the most important thing. I take their pain upon myself. Sometimes it takes its toll on me. Sometimes it's very hard.
In Touch, first broadcast October 29, 1981, over the CBS Radio Mystery Theater.