Gentle days in my home in the French countryside

Bonjour. Thank you all so much for all your lovely messages on my last video. I am feeling a little better. I am taking lots of rest, sleeping in in the morning, cuddling with Tigrette, reading books, watching YouTube, and I have to be honest, it is not easy for me to slow down like this. I'm self-employed. I feel like I can never fully not work and let go of everything. But I did cancel all of my appointments and as I said, I'm taking it very slow these days and I'm really enjoying just spending time in the house. I was craving my homemade bread which I haven't made in ages. So I started my dough the evening before. I like to have it ferment throughout the night because then the bread is easier to digest. Then in the morning I just shape a messy loaf and bake it in the oven and the entire house was happy because they all love this homemade bread. And so I just thought I would share for this week's video the quiet vibes that are in our house at the moment that have shaped my past week and a half or so, just in case you feel like you would love to stop or slow down or find a escape from all the craziness that's going on in our world. I hope that I can invite you into my home, that you're sitting with your favorite drink, that you're nice and comfortable like we're shutting ourselves off from the world for a while to focus on just being present in the moment. And I hope it makes you feel some peacefulness and helps you relax. Like I said, I'm doing a lot of reading and also catching up on a couple of my favorite YouTube channels and I really wanted to share this new video series that I've been watching. It's by Johannes. Maybe you know him. He is a priest and he has what he calls a hermitage in the Italian Alps. And he just started a new series where he reflects on the role of stories in our lives and how they shape how we see ourselves, how we see the world. And I found it very fascinating. I also love how he shares quiet, slow images of his life in the mountains and also of beautiful hikes that he's done. And I thought maybe it would be interesting for you as well. One story that is often told this way is the hero's journey. In fact, in 1949, the professor of literature, Joseph Campbell, was convinced that all classic stories and myths were but variations of that theme. There are still other proposals to classify stories such as looking at the emotional arc that characters go through. It is certainly true that classic stories have certain commonalities. They follow types. There are plot patterns, as we said, and basic emotional arcs. You do not have to be Catholic, Christian, or a believer in any sense to find this inspiring, I think.