WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:08.240 Hello and welcome. I'm so glad you're here tonight. Before 2 00:00:08.279 --> 00:00:10.880 we begin, If these stories bring you peace, I'd be 3 00:00:10.880 --> 00:00:12.640 grateful if you'd take a moment to like this video 4 00:00:12.919 --> 00:00:15.320 and subscribe to the channel. It helps others find their 5 00:00:15.359 --> 00:00:21.160 way here too. But for now, let everything else fade away. 6 00:00:22.960 --> 00:00:28.679 Tonight We're going somewhere safe, somewhere warm, somewhere completely peaceful, 7 00:00:29.359 --> 00:00:32.600 A small cabin in the forest, just for the afternoon, 8 00:00:33.240 --> 00:00:36.679 just for you, a place to rest, to be cozy, 9 00:00:37.320 --> 00:00:40.719 to do nothing much at all. Just arrive, light a fire, 10 00:00:41.159 --> 00:00:46.799 make tea, listen to rain, be warm, be safe, be 11 00:00:46.880 --> 00:00:53.679 at peace. Let's prepare your body for rest, Find your 12 00:00:53.719 --> 00:01:01.960 most comfortable position, adjust anything you need. Safe here, you're 13 00:01:02.200 --> 00:01:06.599 exactly where you need to be. Take a gentle breath 14 00:01:06.719 --> 00:01:13.519 in through your nose, hold it softly, and release it 15 00:01:13.959 --> 00:01:24.200 slowly through your mouth. Good again, Breathe in slowly and deeply, 16 00:01:25.879 --> 00:01:32.719 hold for a moment, and let it go, releasing any 17 00:01:32.920 --> 00:01:40.480 tension from your day. Your shoulders drop away from your ears, 18 00:01:42.280 --> 00:01:51.879 your jaw relaxes, teeth slightly apart. Your tongue rests softly 19 00:01:51.959 --> 00:01:58.000 in your mouth. Your eyes are gently closed. There's nothing 20 00:01:58.040 --> 00:02:03.200 you need to see right now, just my voice, just 21 00:02:03.400 --> 00:02:09.879 the story, just the peace, feel your body becoming heavy, 22 00:02:11.360 --> 00:02:18.400 sinking into comfort, supported and safe. There's no hurry here, 23 00:02:19.159 --> 00:02:23.560 no rushing, just the slow settling into the cabin, just 24 00:02:23.639 --> 00:02:27.319 the simple acts of arriving and being, just the peace 25 00:02:27.360 --> 00:02:31.599 of a place that asks nothing, just warmth, just safety, 26 00:02:32.360 --> 00:02:37.400 just rest. And now when you're ready, come with me. 27 00:02:39.120 --> 00:02:43.719 We're going to the cabin. You're in your car, driving 28 00:02:44.520 --> 00:02:49.080 not far, maybe an hour from home, maybe less, through 29 00:02:49.120 --> 00:02:55.560 forest roads, winding roads, roads that get smaller, quieter, less traveled, 30 00:02:56.199 --> 00:03:00.159 the kind of roads that lead away from everything, toward peace, 31 00:03:01.159 --> 00:03:06.879 toward quiet, toward the cabin. The trees are thick on 32 00:03:06.960 --> 00:03:18.560 both sides, pine fur cedar, tall trees, old trees, the 33 00:03:18.599 --> 00:03:24.039 branches meeting overhead, creating a tunnel, a green tunnel, peaceful, protected, 34 00:03:24.599 --> 00:03:31.759 the light filtering through, dappled, soft, beautiful. It's afternoon, late afternoon, 35 00:03:32.520 --> 00:03:37.639 the light already softening, the day moving toward evening. Perfect timing, 36 00:03:38.360 --> 00:03:40.560 arriving at the cabin with enough light to settle in, 37 00:03:41.199 --> 00:03:45.360 to start the fire, to make tea before the evening comes, 38 00:03:45.680 --> 00:03:49.120 before the rain starts, which it will. You can feel 39 00:03:49.159 --> 00:03:53.319 it in the air, in the light, rain is coming, 40 00:03:54.120 --> 00:03:58.120 which is perfect, which is exactly what you want. Rain 41 00:03:58.159 --> 00:04:01.840 on the cabin roof, the coziest sound in the world. 42 00:04:02.319 --> 00:04:07.400 The road narrows, more becomes gravel, The sound changes, the 43 00:04:07.439 --> 00:04:12.560 crunch of gravel under tires, slower driving, careful driving, the 44 00:04:12.639 --> 00:04:17.160 last bit of road before the cabin, Almost there, almost home, 45 00:04:17.680 --> 00:04:20.759 almost at peace, And then. 46 00:04:21.920 --> 00:04:22.519 There it is. 47 00:04:24.160 --> 00:04:29.360 The cabin, small wooden, exactly as you remember, exactly as 48 00:04:29.399 --> 00:04:33.720 you hoped, an a frame steep roof, perfect for shedding, rain, 49 00:04:34.199 --> 00:04:38.399 shedding snow, perfect for this forest, for this place, for peace. 50 00:04:38.959 --> 00:04:40.839 Dark wood cedar. 51 00:04:40.600 --> 00:04:46.519 Maybe weathered, not old, just natural, just settled into this place, 52 00:04:47.160 --> 00:04:51.160 into this forest, belonging here, looking like it grew here, 53 00:04:51.800 --> 00:04:55.800 like it's always been here. A small porch, just big 54 00:04:55.920 --> 00:05:00.399 enough for two chairs, a small table for morning coffee, 55 00:05:00.399 --> 00:05:07.040 maybe for evening peace. The chairs empty now waiting patient 56 00:05:08.000 --> 00:05:11.399 you park, turn off the car. The sudden silence, the 57 00:05:11.439 --> 00:05:16.680 forest silence, so quiet, so peaceful, just trees, just breeze, 58 00:05:17.040 --> 00:05:22.319 just birds somewhere distant, soft forest sounds, the sounds of peace. 59 00:05:22.920 --> 00:05:23.439 You get out. 60 00:05:23.959 --> 00:05:28.680 The air is cool, fresh, different from car air, different 61 00:05:28.680 --> 00:05:33.639 from city air, different from anywhere air, forest air. The 62 00:05:33.680 --> 00:05:38.720 particular coolness the particular freshness that only happens here, only 63 00:05:38.759 --> 00:05:45.000 happens in forests, away from everything, away from everyone, just 64 00:05:45.120 --> 00:05:51.360 trees and air and peace, of being somewhere real, somewhere alive, 65 00:05:52.240 --> 00:05:57.439 of being somewhere real, somewhere alive, somewhere that knows nothing 66 00:05:57.600 --> 00:06:02.519 of concrete or asphalt or artificial anything. You can smell it, 67 00:06:03.120 --> 00:06:06.839 that particular smell. You can smell it, that particular smell 68 00:06:06.839 --> 00:06:15.399 before rain, metallic, almost electric, almost ozone, maybe whatever it is, 69 00:06:16.920 --> 00:06:22.720 the smell that says rain soon, rain coming, rain, inevitable, 70 00:06:23.680 --> 00:06:27.480 And underneath all of that earth, the smell of earth, 71 00:06:27.879 --> 00:06:32.560 of soil, of leaves, decomposing, of the forest floor, of 72 00:06:32.600 --> 00:06:37.360 life and death and life again, the cycle, the natural cycle, 73 00:06:37.959 --> 00:06:42.120 the smell of earth doing what Earth does, being earth, 74 00:06:43.120 --> 00:06:53.720 supporting a life, holding trees, growing moss, being ancient, being new, 75 00:06:55.120 --> 00:07:00.959 being eternal. You breathe, deeply, fill your lungs. This air, 76 00:07:01.439 --> 00:07:07.000 this particular air, forest, air, cabin air, peace air, the 77 00:07:07.040 --> 00:07:09.920 air you came for, the air that's different from every 78 00:07:09.920 --> 00:07:13.839 other air, better than every other air, The air that heals, 79 00:07:14.759 --> 00:07:19.480 the calms that reminds you that this exists, that nature exists, 80 00:07:20.120 --> 00:07:24.160 that peace exists, that you can come here, that you 81 00:07:24.199 --> 00:07:27.639 can breathe this, that you can be here in this 82 00:07:28.439 --> 00:07:32.879 part of this, for these hours, for this afternoon, for 83 00:07:33.000 --> 00:07:38.399 this gift of time. The silence, not total, silence, never 84 00:07:38.439 --> 00:07:42.720 total in nature, but quiet, so quiet, the kind of 85 00:07:42.759 --> 00:07:45.839 quiet cities never have, The kind of quiet that lets 86 00:07:45.879 --> 00:07:50.680 you hear things, small things, real things, natural things. 87 00:07:51.240 --> 00:07:51.639 Birds. 88 00:07:52.079 --> 00:07:56.040 You hear them, not loud, not close, but there somewhere 89 00:07:56.040 --> 00:08:00.680 in the trees, singing, calling, living, their bird lives, unaware 90 00:08:00.720 --> 00:08:06.879 of you, unbothered by you, just being birds. The sound distant, peaceful, natural, 91 00:08:07.680 --> 00:08:11.959 the sound that says life, that says nature, that says 92 00:08:12.000 --> 00:08:18.639 this place is real, is alive, is happening. Breeze, gentle 93 00:08:18.680 --> 00:08:23.879 breeze moving through the trees, through the needles, creating a whisper, 94 00:08:24.560 --> 00:08:28.600 a souscrius. The sound of wind in trees one of 95 00:08:28.600 --> 00:08:34.000 the best sounds. Ancient sound, eternal sound, the sound humans 96 00:08:34.000 --> 00:08:37.279 have heard from millions of years. The sound of wind 97 00:08:37.360 --> 00:08:45.480 moving air through leaves, through needles, through branches, simple, beautiful, perfect, 98 00:08:46.799 --> 00:08:53.360 and underneath everything, deeper than everything. Silence, the forest silence, 99 00:08:54.080 --> 00:08:57.919 the particular quality of quiet that only forests have, that 100 00:08:58.000 --> 00:09:02.279 only happens when you're away from roads, from cities, from people, 101 00:09:02.919 --> 00:09:06.759 from everything, the silence that's not empty, not dead, but full, 102 00:09:07.440 --> 00:09:10.679 full of peace, full of presents, full of the forest, 103 00:09:10.840 --> 00:09:15.559 just being itself, just existing, just holding space for you, 104 00:09:16.360 --> 00:09:19.919 for peace, for this moment. You take your bag from 105 00:09:19.919 --> 00:09:25.080 the car, small backpack, light, not much in it. You 106 00:09:25.120 --> 00:09:28.080 don't need much here. This is the beauty of the cabin, 107 00:09:28.720 --> 00:09:33.600 of this place. You don't need much, just yourself, just time, 108 00:09:34.320 --> 00:09:36.840 just the willingness to be still, to be quiet, to 109 00:09:36.840 --> 00:09:41.639 be cozy, to be at peace. Inside the bag, simple 110 00:09:41.679 --> 00:09:46.600 things change of clothes, pajamas for tonight, for sleeping in 111 00:09:46.600 --> 00:09:50.200 the loft, for being comfortable, for not having to wear 112 00:09:50.279 --> 00:09:54.360 day clothes all evening, fresh clothes for tomorrow, for leaving 113 00:09:54.399 --> 00:09:58.759 in for the drive home when this perfect time is over, 114 00:10:00.039 --> 00:10:09.080 when regular life resumes. Toilet trees, toothbrush, toothpaste, simple soap, 115 00:10:10.320 --> 00:10:15.759 the basics. The cabin probably has some, but you bring 116 00:10:15.799 --> 00:10:21.639 your own, your familiar things, your comfort things, small things 117 00:10:21.639 --> 00:10:27.720 from home that make this away place feel connected, feel okay, 118 00:10:28.759 --> 00:10:30.320 feel safe. 119 00:10:30.600 --> 00:10:32.159 A book always. 120 00:10:32.200 --> 00:10:35.399 A book might not read it, probably won't read it, 121 00:10:36.200 --> 00:10:39.960 but it's there in case, in case the fire watching 122 00:10:40.159 --> 00:10:44.600 isn't enough, in case you want words, want story, want 123 00:10:44.639 --> 00:10:48.519 company of the paper kind. Probably won't open it. Probably 124 00:10:48.600 --> 00:10:52.879 we'll just watch fire, listen to rain, be still. But 125 00:10:52.960 --> 00:10:58.039 it's there just in case, and that's enough. The cabin 126 00:10:58.120 --> 00:11:03.000 welcoming them all, welcoming, the cabin welcoming them all, welcoming 127 00:11:03.039 --> 00:11:09.360 you again always. The cabin doesn't judge, doesn't question, just waits, 128 00:11:10.000 --> 00:11:15.000 just welcomes, just offers itself. It's warmth, it's safety. 129 00:11:15.159 --> 00:11:18.080 It's peace. The steps, two. 130 00:11:18.000 --> 00:11:23.679 Steps, wooden, old wood, solid wood, good wood. They creak 131 00:11:23.759 --> 00:11:28.480 slightly as you step on them. Not bad creek, good creek, cabin, creek, 132 00:11:28.960 --> 00:11:33.200 welcoming creek. The sound of wood underweight, the sound of arrival, 133 00:11:34.080 --> 00:11:39.200 the sound of coming home to this temporary home, this 134 00:11:39.360 --> 00:11:44.960 peaceful home, this perfect home for these hours. The porch 135 00:11:45.039 --> 00:11:48.720 is small, just a few feet deep, just wide enough 136 00:11:48.879 --> 00:11:57.159 for two chairs. The chairs are there, waiting, simple Adirondack chairs, wooden, weathered, 137 00:11:57.879 --> 00:12:01.600 beautiful in their age, in their weathering, in there being 138 00:12:01.679 --> 00:12:04.960 exactly what they should be. You'll sit in them maybe 139 00:12:05.159 --> 00:12:09.799 tomorrow morning, with coffee, watching the forest wake, watching the 140 00:12:09.879 --> 00:12:15.120 day begin. But not now now is inside time, firetime, 141 00:12:15.879 --> 00:12:21.480 tea time, rain time, cozy time. A small table between 142 00:12:21.519 --> 00:12:27.840 the chairs empty now, waiting for tomorrow's coffee mug, for 143 00:12:27.919 --> 00:12:32.000 a book maybe, for hands to rest on, for elbows 144 00:12:32.000 --> 00:12:35.799 to lean on, for the simple purpose of being a surface, 145 00:12:36.679 --> 00:12:43.639 a place, a support, simple table, perfect table, cabin table. 146 00:12:44.320 --> 00:12:49.840 At the door right there, dark wood, simple door, no glass, 147 00:12:50.399 --> 00:12:55.480 no window, just solid wood, old wood, good wood. The 148 00:12:55.600 --> 00:12:58.360 kind of door that keeps things out, keeps things in, 149 00:12:58.919 --> 00:13:02.320 keeps you safe, keeps you warm, keeps you exactly where 150 00:13:02.320 --> 00:13:07.799 you should be. The doormat you notice it, worn, faded, 151 00:13:08.480 --> 00:13:13.840 words on it, barely visible. Welcome maybe or home or 152 00:13:13.879 --> 00:13:18.840 something like that. The words don't matter. The sentiment does. Welcome. 153 00:13:19.399 --> 00:13:24.759 You are welcome. This place welcomes you, this forest, this cabin, 154 00:13:25.600 --> 00:13:33.639 this afternoon, this piece, all welcoming, all yours, for now, 155 00:13:34.600 --> 00:13:38.919 for these hours, for this gift. The key in your pocket, 156 00:13:39.320 --> 00:13:43.279 you take it out, old key, heavy key, real metal, 157 00:13:43.759 --> 00:13:47.240 real weight, not like modern keys, not like the light 158 00:13:47.279 --> 00:13:51.320 aluminum keys of today. This is old brass, old iron, 159 00:13:51.840 --> 00:13:55.960 old metal, heavy, substantial, important feeling. 160 00:13:56.840 --> 00:14:00.320 The key to the cabin, the key to piece, the 161 00:14:00.399 --> 00:14:02.360 key to this afternoon, this. 162 00:14:02.440 --> 00:14:10.679 Moment, this perfect time. Mechanisms, simple reliable, real you. Mechanisms, 163 00:14:10.720 --> 00:14:17.879 simple reliable, real you turn the key turns, The lock responds, opens. 164 00:14:18.159 --> 00:14:21.440 The door is unlocked, ready to open, ready to let 165 00:14:21.480 --> 00:14:24.600 you in, ready to welcome, ready to give you exactly 166 00:14:24.600 --> 00:14:27.879 what you came for. You turn the handle. The door 167 00:14:27.960 --> 00:14:34.000 swings inward, smoothly, despite its age, despite its weight, It 168 00:14:34.080 --> 00:14:40.240 swings easily, welcomingly. The hinges well oiled, well maintained. The 169 00:14:40.279 --> 00:14:44.639 cabin keeper takes care make sure everything works, Make sure 170 00:14:44.720 --> 00:14:48.320 everyone who comes here finds what they need, what they seek, 171 00:14:48.919 --> 00:14:57.200 what they deserve. Peace, ease, simple things working simply as 172 00:14:57.240 --> 00:15:05.320 they should. You step inside the cabin. The smell first, 173 00:15:06.279 --> 00:15:13.759 always the smell first wood. That's the main smell, cedar, pine, 174 00:15:14.679 --> 00:15:21.240 old wood, good wood, cabin wood, but also slight mustiness, 175 00:15:21.879 --> 00:15:28.480 not bad, just cabin just closed up, just waiting waiting 176 00:15:28.519 --> 00:15:31.960 to be opened, to be aired, to be lived in again. 177 00:15:32.679 --> 00:15:37.440 You set your bag down, look around. The space is small, open, 178 00:15:38.000 --> 00:15:43.440 the a frame ceiling rising high, making it feel bigger, spacious, airy, 179 00:15:43.480 --> 00:15:48.399 despite being small. One main room, kitchen area on one side, 180 00:15:48.879 --> 00:15:52.519 living area on the other. A ladder leading up to 181 00:15:52.600 --> 00:15:57.200 the loft where the bed is. Where you'll sleep tonight, later, 182 00:15:58.000 --> 00:16:04.559 much later, after fire, after tea, after rain, after peace. 183 00:16:05.679 --> 00:16:09.679 The kitchen is simple. A small counter, a sink, a 184 00:16:09.720 --> 00:16:12.080 two burner stove, some open shelves. 185 00:16:12.639 --> 00:16:14.200 That's all. That's enough. 186 00:16:14.759 --> 00:16:19.080 You're not cooking elaborate meals here, just simple things, just enough, 187 00:16:19.679 --> 00:16:24.279 just what a person needs. The living area a stone fireplace, 188 00:16:24.720 --> 00:16:27.840 the focal point, the heart, the reason for being here. 189 00:16:28.480 --> 00:16:33.919 Cold now dark, empty, but not for long. Soon, soon 190 00:16:33.960 --> 00:16:39.279 it will be warm, glowing, alive, creating the coziness, the warmth, 191 00:16:39.799 --> 00:16:46.320 the peace. A couch, overstuffed, worn, comfortable looking, covered with 192 00:16:46.360 --> 00:16:51.200 a wool blanket plaid red and black, classic cabin blanket, 193 00:16:51.720 --> 00:16:56.720 perfect for wrapping, for curling up, for being cozy. Two windows, 194 00:16:57.240 --> 00:17:00.600 one facing the forest, one facing the small all clearing, 195 00:17:01.159 --> 00:17:06.440 both showing trees, green, peaceful. A table between them, small, 196 00:17:07.079 --> 00:17:10.720 just enough for a cup, a book, a candle, simple 197 00:17:10.720 --> 00:17:14.359 cabin table. You walk to the windows, open them slightly. 198 00:17:15.039 --> 00:17:19.400 Fresh air flows in the forest, air replacing the closed 199 00:17:19.400 --> 00:17:26.440 cabin air, breathing life into the space, making it feel alive. Occupied, yours, 200 00:17:26.480 --> 00:17:30.640 for these hours, for this afternoon, for this perfect peaceful time. 201 00:17:31.160 --> 00:17:35.680 You return to your bag, unpack, not much to unpack, 202 00:17:36.599 --> 00:17:38.960 Hang your extra clothes on the hook by the door, 203 00:17:39.799 --> 00:17:43.480 place your toiletrees in the small bathroom. Put your book 204 00:17:43.480 --> 00:17:50.400 on the table by the couch. Done, settled home for now, 205 00:17:51.440 --> 00:17:57.839 for these precious hours, for peace. Now the fire. This 206 00:17:58.079 --> 00:18:01.839 is important, This is the ritual. This is what makes 207 00:18:01.880 --> 00:18:06.039 the cabin the cabin. The fire is essential, the heart, 208 00:18:06.440 --> 00:18:10.400 the warmth, the center of everything. The fireplace is ready, 209 00:18:11.240 --> 00:18:15.680 always ready. The cabin keeper prepares it, keeps it ready 210 00:18:15.720 --> 00:18:20.000 for guests, for people like you who come seeking peace, 211 00:18:20.960 --> 00:18:25.200 seeking warmth, seeking the particular comfort only a cabin fire 212 00:18:25.279 --> 00:18:32.640 can give. Paper and kindling at the bottom, small pieces 213 00:18:32.680 --> 00:18:41.519 of wood dry, ready to catch, to burn easily, to 214 00:18:41.640 --> 00:18:46.480 start the fire quickly, Larger pieces stacked nearby for adding later, 215 00:18:47.079 --> 00:18:50.880 for keeping the fire going, for hours of warmth, hours 216 00:18:50.920 --> 00:18:55.279 of glow. Matches on the mantle, A box of long 217 00:18:55.319 --> 00:19:00.799 matches perfect for this. For reaching into the fireplace, for 218 00:19:00.960 --> 00:19:05.200 lighting the paper. For starting the fire, you crouch down. 219 00:19:05.880 --> 00:19:10.880 Open the flue. Important step must remember. The flu must 220 00:19:10.880 --> 00:19:14.559 be open to let smoke up, to let the fire breathe. 221 00:19:15.119 --> 00:19:17.559 You reach up into the chimney, feel for the lever, 222 00:19:18.160 --> 00:19:23.799 find it, pull it opens the air from outside, pulls down, draws. 223 00:19:24.960 --> 00:19:31.119 The fireplace is ready, waiting, wanting fire. You take a match, 224 00:19:31.480 --> 00:19:37.640 strike it the familiar sound, the instant flame, bright orange hot. 225 00:19:38.079 --> 00:19:41.000 You hold it to the paper, touch flame to paper, 226 00:19:41.480 --> 00:19:48.000 The paper catches immediately, curling, blackening, burning, small flames growing, 227 00:19:48.759 --> 00:19:53.319 reaching for the kindling, finding it, catching it, the kindling catching, 228 00:19:53.640 --> 00:19:58.880 starting to burn, small flames becoming bigger flames, the fire starting, 229 00:19:59.400 --> 00:20:04.839 the fire be the cabin coming alive. You watch, everyone 230 00:20:04.880 --> 00:20:10.039 watches fires start. Cannot help but watch the flames growing, spreading, 231 00:20:10.519 --> 00:20:17.160 the kindling fully caught, now burning, bright orange and yellow, beautiful, hypnotic, alive. 232 00:20:17.720 --> 00:20:22.279 The sound gentle, crackling, small pops, The sound of wood burning, 233 00:20:22.680 --> 00:20:26.599 of fire, living, of heat, being made, of coziness beginning. 234 00:20:27.000 --> 00:20:30.839 One of the best sounds top five sounds, maybe top three. 235 00:20:31.079 --> 00:20:34.920 The sound of safety, of warmth, of home, of peace. 236 00:20:36.400 --> 00:20:40.759 You add a larger piece of wood, carefully, gently, not smothering, 237 00:20:41.160 --> 00:20:45.279 not rushing, just adding, feeding the fire, helping it grow. 238 00:20:45.880 --> 00:20:51.720 The piece catches the fire, accepts it burns. It grows stronger, warmer, bigger, 239 00:20:52.079 --> 00:20:56.240 more established. You sit back on your heels, watching the 240 00:20:56.279 --> 00:21:01.559 fire grow, become real, become strong, the warmth beginning to radiate, 241 00:21:02.039 --> 00:21:05.640 to flow out from the fireplace into the room, warming 242 00:21:05.640 --> 00:21:11.079 the cabin, warming you the coziness, building, growing, becoming real. 243 00:21:11.880 --> 00:21:16.359 Another piece the fire ready, now strong enough, hot enough, 244 00:21:16.839 --> 00:21:22.240 the piece placed carefully, It catches, burns. The fire now established, 245 00:21:22.920 --> 00:21:27.279 no longer needing constant attention, no longer fragile, just burning, 246 00:21:27.759 --> 00:21:33.599 just being fire, just doing what fire does, warming, glowing, 247 00:21:34.920 --> 00:21:40.920 being beautiful. You stand, brush off your hands, the fire 248 00:21:41.160 --> 00:21:46.240 burning well, heating the cabin, creating the warm center, the 249 00:21:46.279 --> 00:21:49.400 glowing heart everything a cabin fire should be. 250 00:21:50.240 --> 00:21:51.559 Now tea. 251 00:21:52.559 --> 00:21:55.720 This is the next step, the next part of the ritual, 252 00:21:56.400 --> 00:22:02.200 the next act of coziness, fire going now tea, then sitting, 253 00:22:02.960 --> 00:22:07.039 then being, then peace the kitchen area. You fill the 254 00:22:07.079 --> 00:22:11.440 kettle with water, the tap running cold, clear, good cabin 255 00:22:11.480 --> 00:22:15.400 water from a well maybe or a spring, pure water, 256 00:22:16.000 --> 00:22:20.160 forest water. You fill the kettle, not full, just enough 257 00:22:20.559 --> 00:22:25.000 for one large mug for you for now, for this moment. 258 00:22:25.559 --> 00:22:31.519 The stove gas old fashioned. You turn the knob click, 259 00:22:32.359 --> 00:22:41.039 click click. It catches blue flame, beautiful, instant heat. You 260 00:22:41.079 --> 00:22:43.640 place the kettle on the burner. The water will heat, 261 00:22:44.480 --> 00:22:49.880 will boil. We'll be ready soon for tea, for warmth, 262 00:22:50.799 --> 00:22:54.920 for the ritual. While you wait, you find a mug. 263 00:22:55.480 --> 00:23:00.599 The cabin has several mismatched collected over time, each different, 264 00:23:01.119 --> 00:23:05.759 each one someone's favored. At some point, you choose one large, 265 00:23:05.799 --> 00:23:10.559 heavy cream colored, perfect for wrapping hands around, for holding, 266 00:23:11.400 --> 00:23:14.839 for warming. Tea bags in a tin on the shelf. 267 00:23:15.480 --> 00:23:16.119 You open it. 268 00:23:16.599 --> 00:23:23.440 Several kinds. You choose cammeal, calming, soothing, perfect for afternoon, 269 00:23:24.119 --> 00:23:27.960 perfect for peace, perfect for this moment. You place the 270 00:23:28.000 --> 00:23:33.119 tea bag in a mug, ready waiting for water, for steeping, 271 00:23:33.920 --> 00:23:39.000 for becoming tea. The kettle begins to hiss, not boiling yet, 272 00:23:39.680 --> 00:23:44.960 but heating, getting close, the sound building, the pressure building, 273 00:23:45.799 --> 00:23:51.319 the water getting hot, almost ready, almost time. You hear 274 00:23:51.359 --> 00:23:58.720 something else outside on the roof. Gentle, soft, rhythmic rain. 275 00:23:59.440 --> 00:24:03.640 The rain has started, as predicted, as hoped for, as 276 00:24:03.680 --> 00:24:07.119 perfect rain on the cabin roof. The sound you've been 277 00:24:07.160 --> 00:24:11.000 waiting for, the sound that makes everything complete. You walk 278 00:24:11.039 --> 00:24:17.160 to the window, look out, rain falling, gentle rain, not heavy, 279 00:24:17.799 --> 00:24:23.720 not storming, just steady, soft, the kind that lasts, that 280 00:24:23.799 --> 00:24:29.119 settles in for hours, that makes everything cozy, everything safe, 281 00:24:29.160 --> 00:24:34.000 everything perfect for being inside, being warm, being at peace. 282 00:24:34.839 --> 00:24:39.960 The trees receiving the rain, grateful, thirsty, the needles catching drops, 283 00:24:40.519 --> 00:24:46.160 the leaves gathering water, the forest drinking, happy, the earth softening, 284 00:24:46.720 --> 00:24:53.400 accepting the rain, doing what rain does, nourishing, sustaining, being beautiful. 285 00:24:54.559 --> 00:25:04.000 The kettle whistles high, loud, water boiling time for tea. 286 00:25:05.160 --> 00:25:08.039 You return to the kitchen, turn off the burner. The 287 00:25:08.079 --> 00:25:13.640 flame disappears. You lift the kettle carefully, hot, heavy, pour 288 00:25:13.720 --> 00:25:17.000 water into the mug over the tea bag. The water 289 00:25:17.119 --> 00:25:23.119 changes color immediately brown, golden, tea color, the scent releasing 290 00:25:24.079 --> 00:25:32.880 camera male, apple like, sweet, calming, beautiful. You let it steep, 291 00:25:34.160 --> 00:25:43.039 the tea bag, floating, then sinking, the color deepening, the flavor, strengthening, 292 00:25:43.960 --> 00:25:50.640 the tea becoming tea, taking its time, no rushing, just steeping, 293 00:25:51.640 --> 00:25:56.160 just becoming what it needs to become. You remove the 294 00:25:56.200 --> 00:26:00.000 tea bag, place it on a small dish. The tea ready, 295 00:26:00.880 --> 00:26:07.200 perfect color, perfect strength, perfect temperature, still very hot but 296 00:26:07.319 --> 00:26:12.400 not boiling, drinkable soon, sippable soon, just needs a moment, 297 00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:18.680 just needs to cool slightly to become perfect. You carry 298 00:26:18.680 --> 00:26:24.039 the mug to the couch. The fire burning well, now strong, warm, 299 00:26:24.599 --> 00:26:30.359 the room warming, the cabin warming, everything warming, everything becoming cozy, 300 00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:36.119 everything becoming perfect. You sit the couch as comfortable as 301 00:26:36.160 --> 00:26:41.839 it looked, soft, worn in shaped by many bodies, many 302 00:26:41.839 --> 00:26:46.359 people seeking peace, many afternoons like this one, the cushions 303 00:26:46.400 --> 00:26:52.799 accepting you, holding you comfortable, safe. You pull the wool 304 00:26:52.880 --> 00:26:59.039 blanket over your lap, over your legs, the weight of it, 305 00:27:00.200 --> 00:27:05.079 the warmth of it. Wool, actual wool, the best blanket 306 00:27:05.119 --> 00:27:11.839 material for cabins, for fires, for coziness. Nothing synthetic here, 307 00:27:11.880 --> 00:27:17.279 just wool, just natural, just perfect. The fire in front 308 00:27:17.279 --> 00:27:23.319 of you, burning well, strong, now established. The flames orange 309 00:27:23.319 --> 00:27:27.200 and yellow, sometimes red at the base, sometimes blue where 310 00:27:27.200 --> 00:27:27.960 the heat is hottest. 311 00:27:28.599 --> 00:27:29.440 A spectrum of. 312 00:27:29.440 --> 00:27:37.799 Fire colors, all beautiful, all mesmerizing, all hypnotic. The flames dance, 313 00:27:38.279 --> 00:27:43.559 that's the only word. Dance, moving, swaying, rising and falling, 314 00:27:44.039 --> 00:27:48.039 never still, never the same twice, each moment, a new configuration, 315 00:27:48.599 --> 00:27:51.960 a new pattern, a new dance. You could watch for hours. 316 00:27:52.480 --> 00:27:55.319 We'll watch for hours, have watched for hours before, We'll 317 00:27:55.359 --> 00:27:59.079 watch for hours again. This is what fire does. This 318 00:27:59.240 --> 00:28:02.920 is its gift, its magic, its meditation. 319 00:28:03.799 --> 00:28:04.599 The wood burns. 320 00:28:05.200 --> 00:28:09.920 You can see it happening, slowly, the surface darkening, blackening, 321 00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:16.240 then cracking, small cracks, then larger, the wood opening revealing 322 00:28:16.240 --> 00:28:20.079 the red interior, the glowing interior, the heart of the heat, 323 00:28:20.640 --> 00:28:25.599 the core of the fire, orange inside, white, hot inside 324 00:28:26.160 --> 00:28:31.799 the wood becoming heat, becoming light, becoming warmth, the transformation 325 00:28:32.000 --> 00:28:38.559 visible real, ongoing, small flames along the edges of the logs, 326 00:28:39.240 --> 00:28:43.680 blue flames, sometimes the hottest flames, where the wood gas burns, 327 00:28:44.200 --> 00:28:47.160 where to heat is most intense, where to fire is 328 00:28:47.200 --> 00:28:53.319 most alive, most hungry, most powerful. Sparks occasionally small ones 329 00:28:53.880 --> 00:28:58.480 rising in the heat, floating up, glowing orange dots, ascending, 330 00:28:59.079 --> 00:29:03.640 dancing upward, following the heat, following the draft, rising toward 331 00:29:03.680 --> 00:29:09.559 the chimney, toward the sky, beautiful, magical, like tiny stars, 332 00:29:10.359 --> 00:29:18.519 like earth bound stars, rising, fading, gone. The sound, the crackling, 333 00:29:19.000 --> 00:29:22.519 the popping, the hissing, sometimes the sound of moisture in 334 00:29:22.559 --> 00:29:27.200 the wood becoming steam escaping, releasing the woods, singing as 335 00:29:27.200 --> 00:29:31.759 it burns with the fire's voice, gentle, comfortable. One of 336 00:29:31.759 --> 00:29:35.039 the best sounds may be the very best sound. The 337 00:29:35.039 --> 00:29:41.200 sound of warmth, of safety, of home, of peace. 338 00:29:42.640 --> 00:29:43.079 The heat. 339 00:29:43.880 --> 00:29:46.680 You can feel it on your face, on your hands, 340 00:29:47.400 --> 00:29:52.559 on any exposed skin, radiating the infrared. The warmth that 341 00:29:52.640 --> 00:29:57.359 travels through air, that finds you, that warms you, different 342 00:29:57.400 --> 00:29:59.960 from the warmth of the tea, different from the warm 343 00:30:00.119 --> 00:30:05.440 of the blanket, direct warmth, fire warmth, the warmth humans 344 00:30:05.480 --> 00:30:09.279 have loved for hundreds of thousands of years since we 345 00:30:09.359 --> 00:30:13.839 first learned to make fire, to keep fire, to tend fire, 346 00:30:14.680 --> 00:30:20.119 to be warmed by fire. This ancient warmth, this primal warmth, 347 00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:26.880 this perfect warmth. The shadows the fire creates shadows on 348 00:30:26.960 --> 00:30:32.400 the walls, on a ceiling, moving shadows, dancing shadows, the 349 00:30:32.440 --> 00:30:35.839 inverse of the flames, dark, where the flames are bright, 350 00:30:36.440 --> 00:30:39.920 moving when the flames move, the whole cabin alive with movement, 351 00:30:40.440 --> 00:30:47.519 with dance, with the play of light and dark, beautiful, cozy, perfect. 352 00:30:48.400 --> 00:30:56.640 The rain on the roof, steady, so steady, rhythmic, gentle, 353 00:30:58.000 --> 00:31:03.400 not loud, not intrusive, just there, just present, just constant. 354 00:31:03.960 --> 00:31:07.319 The sound of rain, the sound that says stay inside, 355 00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:12.599 be warm, be dry, be cozy, be safe. You can 356 00:31:12.640 --> 00:31:16.400 hear individual drops, sometimes the heavier ones landing on the roof, 357 00:31:16.880 --> 00:31:21.599 tap tap tap, each one its own small sound, its 358 00:31:21.599 --> 00:31:26.279 own small arrival, the lighter rain between softer, a gentle, hiss, 359 00:31:26.720 --> 00:31:31.119 a whisper, the sound of many small drops all together 360 00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:38.000 creating the rain sound, the beautiful rain sound, the cozy 361 00:31:38.119 --> 00:31:44.880 rain sound. Outside everything wet, everything, receiving water. The trees, 362 00:31:45.319 --> 00:31:49.920 the needles, the bark, the leaves, all drinking, all grateful, 363 00:31:50.359 --> 00:31:54.880 the earth, the soil, the moss, all soaking, all happy, 364 00:31:55.319 --> 00:31:59.559 the forest happy, happy for rain, always happy for rain. 365 00:32:00.480 --> 00:32:04.400 And you inside grateful too, grateful for the rain, for 366 00:32:04.480 --> 00:32:08.480 the sound, for the coziness it creates, for the permission 367 00:32:08.480 --> 00:32:13.119 it gives to stay inside, to be still, to be cozy. 368 00:32:13.359 --> 00:32:14.039 To be at peace. 369 00:32:15.000 --> 00:32:18.319 The tea in your hands, the mug warm against your palms, 370 00:32:18.960 --> 00:32:24.640 against your fingers, curved to fit, perfect for holding, perfect 371 00:32:24.640 --> 00:32:29.319 for this, for sitting, for watching fire, for listening to rain, 372 00:32:30.039 --> 00:32:34.000 for being cozy. The warmth from the couch, from the blanket, 373 00:32:34.599 --> 00:32:39.319 from the tea, from a fire, all combining, all layering, 374 00:32:39.960 --> 00:32:44.920 creating total warmth, complete warmth, the warmth that goes deep, 375 00:32:45.640 --> 00:32:51.079 that relaxes everything, that loosens everything, that creates the heavy feeling, 376 00:32:52.240 --> 00:32:59.039 the good heavy feeling, the peaceful heavy feeling. Your shoulders dropped, 377 00:32:59.599 --> 00:33:04.960 relax mix, no tension, all released. The warmth has melted it, 378 00:33:05.559 --> 00:33:10.039 the piece has dissolved. It just soft shoulders now, just 379 00:33:10.200 --> 00:33:14.240 resting shoulders, just shoulders that don't need to hold anything, 380 00:33:15.720 --> 00:33:24.119 do anything, just be your jaw unclenched, soft mouth, slightly open, 381 00:33:24.680 --> 00:33:29.400 breathing through your mouth now, slow breaths, easy breaths, the 382 00:33:29.440 --> 00:33:34.759 breathing of complete relaxation, the breathing of total peace, in out, 383 00:33:35.359 --> 00:33:39.480 in out, like the rain falling, like the fire burning, 384 00:33:40.279 --> 00:33:47.400 like everything natural, everything easy, everything right. You lift the 385 00:33:47.519 --> 00:33:54.640 mug to your face, the steam rising, carrying the scent. 386 00:33:55.880 --> 00:33:56.559 Camo meal. 387 00:33:57.200 --> 00:34:00.799 You breathe it in, the herbal scent, the calming scent, 388 00:34:01.440 --> 00:34:07.559 the peace scent, eyes closing, just breathing, just smelling, just 389 00:34:07.599 --> 00:34:13.159 being in this moment. A sip, small, testing, still very hot, 390 00:34:13.559 --> 00:34:18.239 but perfect. The flavor gentle, not strong, not bitter, just right, 391 00:34:18.880 --> 00:34:23.239 just camomel, just comfort and liquid form. You swallow, the 392 00:34:23.280 --> 00:34:28.119 warmth traveling down inside you, now warming from within, the 393 00:34:28.159 --> 00:34:35.239 tea doing its work, calming, soothing, creating peace from the inside. 394 00:34:35.480 --> 00:34:39.079 You settle deeper into the couch, the blanket tucked around you, 395 00:34:39.679 --> 00:34:43.559 the fire warming you from outside, the tea warming you 396 00:34:43.599 --> 00:34:48.920 from inside, the rain creating the soundtrack, the perfect soundtrack. 397 00:34:49.679 --> 00:34:55.440 The cabin holding you, protecting you, keeping you safe and 398 00:34:55.599 --> 00:35:01.519 warm and perfectly perfectly cozy. This is it, This is 399 00:35:01.559 --> 00:35:04.320 the moment, This is what you came for, not to 400 00:35:04.320 --> 00:35:08.840 do anything, not to accomplish anything, just this, just sitting, 401 00:35:09.400 --> 00:35:13.880