a video to watch when you need a warm hug

I made a video similar to this a while ago it's a list of things that I find to be comforting for you to watch or listen to whenever you feel like you need a calming Voice or a hug that one person who maintains eye contact while everyone else is interrupting you that one person that you can communicate with just through a look feeling connected with another human being on that level is an amazing feeling my mom would always bring sliced fruits to me when I live at home and whenever I visit home she still does

you might think that you will never feel the same feelings for someone else you will and it's going to be so much better you're capable of loving and of being loved deeply over and over again now let's take a deep breath until the screen turns black all of us together foreign that you are never going to settle for a life that you don't even like okay so I created a Pinterest board for you of photos of things that I find to be comforting and calming and I hope you like it the fact that none of

us expect to find cookies when we find an old cookie jar grief is just love with no place to go Jamie Anderson wrote that did you know about it that's made it that squirrels accidentally plant millions of trees worldwide each year because they forget where they put their nuts and seeds squirrels are unintentionally saving forests and I don't think we give him enough credit there is someone who when they think of their fondness memories you are in it and you will never know your parents leaving the bedroom door cracked open when you were a kid

to make you feel safe the moment you realize that you have been sitting quietly with someone and it's been uncomfortable it's rare but it's a beautiful thing when it happens wearing headphones when there was nothing playing it makes me feel like I'm wearing a invisibility cloak it doesn't matter that it could have been worse or that others have it worse your feelings are valid don't let anyone tell you otherwise the fact that saying oh Big Stretch every time our dog stretches is a universal thing laying in someone's arms as they play with your hair watching

whatever you're baking expand in the oven [Music] trees covered in snow and a quiet forests pretty much anything Carl Sagan has ever written like when he described what a book is writing one glance at it and you're inside the mind of another person across the Millennia an author speaking clearly and silently inside your head directly to you writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions Binding Together people who never knew each other citizens of distant detox morning stuff morning cuddles morning coffee morning texts morning walks on times when I've laid awake at night unable to

sleep perhaps feeling uneasy I have found comfort in knowing that somewhere in the world it's morning or daytime someone is getting ready for their day another is having lunch the sun is always shining somewhere just keep swimming just keep swimming I first saw Nemo when I was 9 or 10 and to this day I find myself repeating those words of Dory whenever I need them nothing happens to any man which is not formed by nature to Bear Marcus Aurelius wrote that the street lights coming on when it gets dark outside libraries Ikea Bob Ross making

tea in a kettle on a gas though just seeing humans human like seeing someone accidentally tripping over something on the street or falling over wouldn't sleep away outside someone trying to suit their crying baby someone carrying too many grocery bags or spilling something on themselves it's all just authentic the world melliftless which means a sound that is pleasingly smooth and musical to hear you didn't deserve what was done to you and I'm sorry you had to go through that forehead kisses trust me on this one not everything needs to be questioned some things will never

be understood let it be sometimes it's the only way of setting yourself free there's something comforting about knowing that when it rains everyone in the city or whatever you live notices and everyone who was outside gets wet rain is never personal chime French for I miss you literal translation is you are missing from me I think that's beautiful your dog is always excited to see you you're their whole world it might get worse before it gets better but it does get better this is not as good as it gets it's okay to just lay in

bed when you're having a difficult day you don't need to try and turn it around just know that tomorrow's a new day and you'll never have to do this day again everything will be okay [Music]