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Speaker 3: In this episode, we'll journey with Lucas into the snowy Schwarzwald,
Speaker 3: where silence and nature guide him to newfound peace and clarity.
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Speaker 1: eva m schwartzweit Anga komen om an ainem spirito enzuchtitsmen
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Speaker 1: glaubens abba a hoofte in their stillerdannatour undwhortens finten zide
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Speaker 1: Naston targefer Bratenzi, schweigend no enta brachen from miriamskferden Meditazionen
Speaker 1: Lucas was skeptish abba Efuda analysen frieden VAXen teeth and
Speaker 1: signum inan in ana dieza stench Dontanzas, Lucas a line,
Speaker 1: i'm caamen der schneed rausen louster mountlicht Elisa ner Geduncan
Speaker 1: fleeson On blicked the teeth in the Henine pratsley spurte
Speaker 1: Edi Quelasanus commas erhata angst nut sign Inderstiller kantea oursiina
Speaker 1: eignestake evameyer asana alfougo damesa fouge, the targefer gingen On
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Speaker 1: upsheeded dizih Miriam for aim in reddi Lucas. There weaksa
Speaker 1: einziecht beginned in the zepst i'd add in schwartzwhite valies
Speaker 1: filled the Lucas iron annoyed sufa senz er was the
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Speaker 1: voiter ervoldgeboider and warfen digeschichten at seltan on leiben by
Speaker 1: ein flosten so rig and deerstadt, warrend glockender cathedrala and
Speaker 1: Wynards aren't ludden, while Lucas by right by right then
Speaker 1: in weaknid sugesteiten often felfila aba falla hoofno erste jetst.
Speaker 1: This is an outnum wah fellatsicht sosign ondas assign an
Speaker 1: eigen and weik finton content Lucas tra and snoyeyam at
Speaker 1: anamnoin zil freedom and inner raskleiskevich tatn indian viktsaged ant
Speaker 1: yet the ganza novara raisa.
Speaker 3: Let's take another listen. Listen closely to any parts you
Speaker 3: may have missed.
Speaker 1: Der schneefiliza of titannen. It's Lucas truchtin waitwandat.
Speaker 3: The snow fell gently on the fir trees as Lucas
Speaker 3: wandered through the forest.
Speaker 1: Esvadi vorhof weinachten aunt eva m schwarzwaet ange kommen m
Speaker 1: an anem spirit enrichtsuk Taitsniemen.
Speaker 3: It was the week before Christmas and he had arrived
Speaker 3: in the Schwarzwaldt to participate in a spiritual retreat, the.
Speaker 1: Luftwa kla aunt kaite an de duftfan kifa naden afferte
Speaker 1: di luft.
Speaker 3: The air was clear and cold, and the scent of
Speaker 3: pine needles filled the air.
Speaker 1: Lucas va karmandes glaudens abba erhofte in de stilidenatur antwolten sufinten.
Speaker 3: Lucas was not a man of faith, but he hoped
Speaker 3: to find answers in the silence of nature.
Speaker 1: Zat monat in furte eziferloren.
Speaker 3: For months he had felt lost.
Speaker 1: Zen job at aschiticked din eer ain maleibte futiichstler an.
Speaker 3: His job as an architect, which he once loved, now
Speaker 3: felt empty.
Speaker 1: Zene fami va stoutzov in abba effutid least ira avatomen.
Speaker 3: His family was proud of him, but he felt the
Speaker 3: weight of their expectations.
Speaker 1: Lucas hata angst sulfa sagen.
Speaker 3: Lucas was afraid of failing.
Speaker 1: Volte frieden finten on seneliden shaft vida and tetan.
Speaker 3: He wanted to find peace and rediscover his passion.
Speaker 1: Des retrie artfant and ana kleinen gemud huttstadt omgeben fon
Speaker 1: schnebedekten Boiman.
Speaker 3: The retreat took place in a small cozy cabin surrounded
Speaker 3: by snow covered trees.
Speaker 1: Mir Jam the Lightndes retreats the grus de Lucas smidt
Speaker 1: an mvamen lechen.
Speaker 3: Miriam, the leader of the retreat, greeted Lucas with a
Speaker 3: warm smile.
Speaker 1: The common Lucas, welcome Lucas. Here this dodi stilliffinten diduzurst.
Speaker 3: Here you will find the silence you seek.
Speaker 1: Tobias I invitatai namer schlossichinen an.
Speaker 3: Tobias. Another participant joined.
Speaker 1: Them gamainzam traatenzi indie still dees valdes ain.
Speaker 3: Together they entered the silence of the forest.
Speaker 1: Densten tagefer bratnzi schweidened nochen f miryamskfurt Meditazionen.
Speaker 3: The next days were spent in silence, only interrupted by
Speaker 3: miriamsquided meditations.
Speaker 1: Lucas first skiptish Abba effuta an Liisenfrieden, VAXen teeth and
Speaker 1: zanem Inan.
Speaker 3: Lucas was skeptical, but he felt a quiet peace growing
Speaker 3: deep within him.
Speaker 1: In Ana deza Stingtuntanzas Lucas alain am kamen.
Speaker 3: In one of these silent hours, Lucas sat alone by
Speaker 3: the fireplace.
Speaker 1: Der schnetrausen neuchtete montlicht.
Speaker 3: The snow outside glowed in the moonlight.
Speaker 1: Elisa n negedantan fleesen on blikte tief in Zichenaine.
Speaker 3: He let his thoughts flow and looked deep within him himself.
Speaker 1: Pletsli schpurte rikuele zanes commas.
Speaker 3: Suddenly he felt the source of his sorrow.
Speaker 1: Eehata angst nichtenuchtu.
Speaker 3: Sign He was afraid of not being good.
Speaker 1: Enough donde still akantea ursena eignesteke.
Speaker 3: But in the silence he also recognized his own strength Eva.
Speaker 1: Mia atsenna alfoeg da missa foege.
Speaker 3: He was more than his successes or failures.
Speaker 1: The tagefer gingen on Lucas futichichte.
Speaker 3: The days passed, and Lucas felt lighter.
Speaker 1: The inner rue Britchenzana mahatsenaus.
Speaker 3: The inner calm spread in his heart.
Speaker 1: Atte Let's attacts, retreats come fa apshi de Miriam fonim.
Speaker 3: When the final day of the retreat came, Miriam said
Speaker 3: goodbye to him.
Speaker 1: In Redich Lucas der viktza einzich begins India.
Speaker 3: Zebst remember Lucas. The path to insight begins within yourself.
Speaker 1: It schwarzwet felis fude Lucas an annoyed zulfer sichech.
Speaker 3: As he left the Schwarzwaldt, Lucas felt a new confidence
Speaker 3: within him.
Speaker 1: Ervost designa albeit mitzenen weten and einklan bringen.
Speaker 3: Vouter he knew he wanted to align his work with
Speaker 3: his values.
Speaker 1: Vouter geboider and wfen digeschicht at setan on leiben ba einflusten.
Speaker 3: He wanted to design buildings that told stories and influence lives.
Speaker 1: Z rogenderstadt end glockenderkatedrala weinertz abenfloutten vhile. Lucas barret.
Speaker 3: Back in the city. As the bells of the cathedral
Speaker 3: rang on Christmas Eve. Lucas was ready.
Speaker 1: Right zenenvignoud segestaeiten often fufila avafolahofnong.
Speaker 3: Ready to reshape his path, opened to mistakes, but full
Speaker 3: of hope.
Speaker 1: I voste yett des is an art non va pheletschtuzaign
Speaker 1: on des ezen an eigenenvik finten konte.
Speaker 3: He now knew that it was okay to be vulnerable
Speaker 3: and that he could find his own way.
Speaker 1: Lucas strat and snoye yamed an amnoin sil.
Speaker 3: Lucas stepped into the new year with a new goal.
Speaker 1: Freedom on innersklaichkevich tratnindian vikasaged ant. Yet the gun za varraize.
Speaker 3: Peace and inner balance had shown him the way, and
Speaker 3: now his true journey was beginning.
Speaker 4: Today's vocabulary words are coming up right after this commercial break.
Speaker 4: Here are today's vocabulary words, first in German, then in English.
Speaker 1: D tana d tana d tana. The fir tree vandon
Speaker 1: vandon vandan to wander avite, de avite, de avite, the
Speaker 1: forest derktsuk Derktsuk, der ruktsuk, the retreat, d nade, dinade,
Speaker 1: d nade, the needle, de ash ticked, the ash ticked,
Speaker 1: de ash ticked. The architect, d Avatum, d avatum, d avartum,
Speaker 1: the expectations Farzagen, thzagen to fail, Vida and Dyton, Vida
Speaker 1: and Dyton, Vida and Dyton, to rediscover germut lich, gimut lich,
Speaker 1: germutly cozy, di hutter, de hutter, de hutze, the cabin
Speaker 1: d medi tatsion, d medi tatsun, d me de tatsion,
Speaker 1: the meditation, skeptish, skeptish, skeptish, skeptical, Distiller, distiller, dichtler, the silence. There,
Speaker 1: come in, there, come in, there, come in the fireplace, blouchten, blouchten,
Speaker 1: louischten to glow this mont licht, This mont licht does
Speaker 1: mont licht the moonlight. E cannon a cannon, a cannon
Speaker 1: to recognize, d schtacker, d schtaker d stack the strength,
Speaker 1: dear al foik, dear al foik, dear l fouk, the success,
Speaker 1: dear missa foik, dear missa foik, deir missa foik, the failure,
Speaker 1: the inner ruler, the inner ruer, the Inner Ruler, the
Speaker 1: inner calm in Einklang, bringing in Einklang, bringing in ein Klang,
Speaker 1: bringing to align Deviet Deviet deir veat the value d
Speaker 1: katy d Katrall d kat the Cathedral, Geschteitan, gesch ditan
Speaker 1: gush Titan, to reshape, Felettslich, Felettslich, feletts Lich, Vulnerable, the Iron, Deeinzicht,
Speaker 1: de Einzicht, the Insight, Dtzufazischt, Ditzufazicht, die Zufazicht, Confidence, Deaf Freedom,
Speaker 1: Deaf Freedom, dear Freedom.
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