What is the one thing that has sustained humans for thousands of years? What provides us with comfort when we need it most? What would we not be able to live without?
Fire is the root of our beginnings. Cavemen used fire to cook their food, warm their bodies, and secure themselves from dangerous predators. What else is it about fire that makes it so moral lifting? Is it the fact that once you spark that flame there is hope immediately restored to your possibly dismal situtation?
This past weekend I went camping and upon arriving at our campsite after dark we realized that we had misplaced our tent. It was supposed to drop down to a cool 35 degrees that night. We got to setting up an A-frame structure with wet firewood. It took a while but once the smoke came we knew there was hope. Soon the twigs set ablaze and the larger sticks caught thereafter. Everyone was chipper. A simple thing as fire uplifted all of our moods and we soon forgot about not having the tent. We sat fireside and stared at the fire, mesmerized by the embers for 5 hours.
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