Hi.
I'm glad you're here.
If tonight feels lonely...
I'll stay with you for a while.
You don't have to say anything.
For the next six minutes...
there are two of us here.
You, and this voice.
Get comfortable.
Pull the blanket up to your chin...
or wherever you like it.
Let your head sink into the pillow.
Let your eyes close, if that feels right.
Listen to the rain for a moment.
It's soft tonight.
Just enough to fill the Take quiet.
a breath in...
And let it out slowly.
Maybe today was quiet.
Too Maybe quiet.
your phone didn't buzz much.
Or but it did...
not from the person you missed.
Maybe you ate dinner standing up.
At the counter.
With the TV on for the voices.
Maybe you talked to people all day.
And still felt far away from them.
happens That too.
You can feel lonely at a full table.
And perfectly fine on your own.
Loneliness is funny that way.
Either way, it hurts.
It's okay to say that.
Feeling lonely isn't a flaw.
It means you want people close.
Everybody wants that.
Tomorrow, maybe, you'll text someone.
Just a "hey, thinking of you."
But that's for tomorrow.
Tonight, let's make the quiet...
a little less empty.
Notice the sounds around you.
The rain on the roof.
The fridge humming in the kitchen.
The room isn't empty.
It's full of small, steady things.
Feel the bed underneath you.
It's holding your whole weight.
Every part of you.
It isn't going anywhere.
It'll hold you all night.
Feel the blanket.
Wrapped around your shoulders.
Tucked along your side.
Let it be like a hug...
that doesn't need to end.
Now picture the country at night.
From very high up.
Little lights scattered everywhere.
In a hospital in Ohio...
a nurse is sitting down.
Resting her feet at last.
On a highway in Texas...
a trucker pulls into a rest stop.
He turns the engine off.
In a small apartment in Oregon...
someone is lying awake.
Listening to the rain, like you.
And in a farmhouse in Iowa...
an old man sets down his glasses.
He turns out the lamp.
millions Right now, of people...
are pulling up their blankets.
Settling their heads on pillows.
Some of them feel lonely too.
Tonight, you're lonely together.
You're one of many.
in Breathing the dark.
Breathe in...
with all of them.
And out...
with all of them.
A hand on your chest, if you like.
Feel your own heart.
It's kept you company your whole life.
move Through every to a new town.
And every night you fell asleep alone.
It never once left.
It's beating right now.
Slow and patient.
I'm still here.
The rain is still here.
The bed is still holding you.
Somewhere, someone is breathing slowly.
Just like you.
You can rest now.
You don't have to keep watch.
If the lonely feeling comes that's back...
Let okay.
it lie down here too.
It doesn't get the last word The tonight.
rain does.
Breathing in...
And out...
You are held tonight.
By the bed.
By the blanket.
And by a whole country...
falling asleep you.
beside
Stay close to the rain.
Goodnight.