"Piglet?" said Pooh.

"Yes?" said Piglet.

"I'm scared," said Pooh.

For a moment, there was silence.

"Would you like to talk about it?" asked Piglet, when Pooh didn't appear to be saying anything further.

"I'm just so scared," blurted out Pooh.

"So anxious. Because I don't feel like things are getting any better. If anything, I feel like they might be getting worse. People are angry, because they're so scared, and they're turning on one another, and there seems to be no clear plan out of here, and I worry about my friends and the people I love, and I wish SO much that I could give them all a hug, and oh, Piglet! I am so scared, and I cannot tell you how much I wish it wasn't so."

Piglet was thoughtful, as he looked out at the blue of the skies, peeping between the branches of the trees in the Hundred Acre Wood, and listened to his friend.

"I'm here," he said, simply. "I hear you, Pooh. And I'm here."

For a moment, Pooh was perplexed.

"But... aren't you going to tell me not to be so silly? That I should stop getting myself into a state and pull myself together? That it's hard for everyone right now?"

"No," said Piglet, quite decisively. "No, I am very much not going to do any of those things."

“But - " said Pooh.

"I can't change the world right now," continued Piglet. "And I am not going to patronize you with platitudes about how everything will be okay, because I don't know that.

"What I can do, though, Pooh, is that I can make sure that you know that I am here. And that I will always be here, to listen; and to support you; and for you to know that you are heard.

"I can't make those Anxious Feelings go away, not really.

"But I can promise you that, all the time I have breath left in my body...you won't ever need to feel those Anxious Feelings alone."

And it was a strange thing, because even as Piglet said that, Pooh could feel some of those Anxious Feelings start to loosen their grip on him and could feel one or two of them start to slither away into the forest, cowed by his friend, who sat there stolidly next to him.

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When Autumn arrives, so do colds and viruses, this is a daily immune-boosting tonic that supports our immune system’s ability to fight off seasonal maladies. The recipe is a guideline, feel free to add your favorite ingredients to personalize your Fire Cider.

Ingredients:

1 chopped Onion
1 head chopped Garlic
1 cup fresh sliced Horseradish Root
1 cup chopped or grated fresh Ginger root
4-6 hot peppers, Jalapenos, Scotch Bonnets
2 teaspoons of peppercorns
Apple Cider Vinegar - enough to fill the jar
Honey, local and raw is best
60ml CBD alcohol-based tincture

Optional adds:

¼ - ½ cup rosehips (fresh whole or dried)
¼ - ½ cup fresh grated turmeric or 1 tablespoon powdered turmeric
A tablespoon of any or all of these: rosemary, mullein, hyssop, thyme, dried reishi mushroom, astragalus.

Equipment - a half gallon glass jar with a BPA-free plastic lid or a wax paper lined metal lid ( otherwise the metal and vinegar will interact and the cider will go bad)

Instructions:

1. Chop or grate your horseradish root, peppers, ginger, turmeric, onion. Garlic and anything else you fancy adding.

2. Add all your ingredients to your jar and pour Apple Cider Vinegar over until all ingredients are covered.

3. Shake the jar vigorously and then then open it up to make sure all the contents are submerged, add more Apple Cider Vinegar to cover everything.

4. Keep in a cool dark spot, or at least out of direct sunlight for 4 - 6 weeks and shake daily. After a couple of weeks the contents will sink down, you can add more ACV if you want to have more final product. At this time supplementary herbs can be added: for added respiratory support use thyme, hyssop or mullein, for circulatory benefits add yarrow, rosemary and extra peppercorns, for extra immune support try elderberries, astragulus or dried reishi.

5. After 4-6 weeks of steeping & shaking strain the cider, using a fine mesh strainer, cheesecloth or muslin. You will probably have 2-3 cups of filtered cider, add an equal amount of honey, but add incrementally, I find that less honey works just as well, its just a question of how sweet you want it to be.

6. Add your CBD alcohol tincture - I add a dropperful per cup, but you can add more if you want.

7. Bottle and store in a cool dark place or in the fridge. Take the cider in a dropper or a shot or my favorite method which is to add a couple of dropperfuls to my favorite herbal tea.

Wisdome of Winnie the Pooh

Seasonal Immune Support: Fire Cider with CBD