👍 All Good 😊 | A Gentle Story for Sleep and Quiet Evenings

1
00:00:02,009 --> 00:00:06,380
Welcome to the Slow Life.
I'm Jennifer Vino and.

2
00:00:06,390 --> 00:00:10,690
I create narrate.
And design the soundscape.

3
00:00:10,700 --> 00:00:13,820
Of this village of cozy stories
to.

4
00:00:13,830 --> 00:00:17,700
Relax and unwind.
Each week.

5
00:00:17,710 --> 00:00:20,720
I share.
An original story read.

6
00:00:20,730 --> 00:00:24,600
Two times so you can relax.
Even more during.

7
00:00:24,610 --> 00:00:30,130
The second reading I also create
micro.

8
00:00:30,140 --> 00:00:34,500
Experiences inspired by the
stories you hear.

9
00:00:35,540 --> 00:00:40,120
These are short.
Gentle reading moments designed

10
00:00:40,130 --> 00:00:45,000
to help you slow down and rest
in the village for as long as

11
00:00:45,010 --> 00:00:49,530
you like.
They're available now to enjoy

12
00:00:49,540 --> 00:00:54,650
on screen or on paper,
individually or in small

13
00:00:54,660 --> 00:00:57,770
bundles.
Through the slow life dot.

14
00:00:57,860 --> 00:01:05,470
CA under the shop tab.
Let's settle in with some easy

15
00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:10,450
breathing at your own pace with
each inhale.

16
00:01:10,520 --> 00:01:14,330
Let fresh air fill the space.
Around your heart.

17
00:01:15,880 --> 00:01:19,390
With each.
Exhale, feel the calm air.

18
00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:22,810
Spread through your body and
flow out.

19
00:01:22,870 --> 00:01:27,840
Through your arms and legs,
gently in.

20
00:01:27,900 --> 00:01:32,710
Through your heart.
Gently out through.

21
00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:40,970
Your body in through your heart.
Out.

22
00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:47,260
Through your body.
And now let's begin.

23
00:01:50,700 --> 00:01:53,890
This story is called All.
Good.

24
00:01:54,100 --> 00:01:56,030
And it's.
About a drive.

25
00:01:56,040 --> 00:01:59,530
To visit a friend.
Simple words.

26
00:01:59,980 --> 00:02:07,770
And flower magnets.
The road curves as I drive out

27
00:02:07,780 --> 00:02:10,009
of the village.
The last.

28
00:02:10,020 --> 00:02:14,700
Few houses thinning out into
open stretches of land.

29
00:02:16,430 --> 00:02:20,760
I passed the familiar turnoffs
without thinking about them.

30
00:02:21,640 --> 00:02:23,810
Small side.
Roads that lead.

31
00:02:23,820 --> 00:02:29,650
Somewhere quieter, somewhere
tucked away, the highway

32
00:02:29,660 --> 00:02:33,650
continues forward bordered.
By low brush.

33
00:02:33,700 --> 00:02:39,160
And rock the surface worn smooth
in places where weather has

34
00:02:39,170 --> 00:02:44,590
changed it over time.
The morning sky has been

35
00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:47,210
overcast but begins.
To clear.

36
00:02:47,220 --> 00:02:53,060
As I go along the sunlight.
Starts to fill the car without

37
00:02:53,070 --> 00:02:55,850
glare.
Brightening the curves.

38
00:02:55,860 --> 00:02:59,110
Of the dashboard.
And the steering wheel in my

39
00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:02,400
hands.
I drive this.

40
00:03:02,410 --> 00:03:06,080
Way often enough that certain
points along.

41
00:03:06,090 --> 00:03:10,120
The road arrive.
In sequence, each one bringing a

42
00:03:10,130 --> 00:03:13,240
smile, not just marking
progress.

43
00:03:13,310 --> 00:03:17,840
On my way.
A bend in the road that opens.

44
00:03:17,850 --> 00:03:20,240
To a wider view.
A.

45
00:03:20,250 --> 00:03:22,860
Stretch where the.
Trees pull back.

46
00:03:22,930 --> 00:03:26,380
To reveal.
Open fields where deer and

47
00:03:26,390 --> 00:03:29,100
sometimes even moose can be
spotted.

48
00:03:30,740 --> 00:03:35,210
Tiny and Nook shooks, looking
like small figures watching.

49
00:03:35,220 --> 00:03:37,460
Over the drivers.
From above.

50
00:03:38,580 --> 00:03:41,090
And then there is the.
Rocky Cliff.

51
00:03:41,640 --> 00:03:47,430
It comes up on the left side,
not very high, but big enough to

52
00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:52,300
stand out in the landscape.
The surface of it.

53
00:03:52,310 --> 00:03:56,100
Is uneven layered in.
Places with.

54
00:03:56,110 --> 00:03:58,720
Patches of lichen.
That decorate the.

55
00:03:58,730 --> 00:04:02,450
Stone.
Around them it stands.

56
00:04:02,460 --> 00:04:05,150
Close to the.
Road and I know it's.

57
00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:10,690
There before I see it.
I find myself looking towards.

58
00:04:10,700 --> 00:04:12,350
It as I.
Approach.

59
00:04:12,460 --> 00:04:16,589
Not wanting to miss it, the car
moves.

60
00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:20,890
Forward at a steady pace.
And the Cliff begins to come

61
00:04:20,899 --> 00:04:24,350
into view in pieces.
The edge of it.

62
00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:27,030
First, then more.
Of the surface.

63
00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:32,580
As the angle opens.
The words are there, just as

64
00:04:32,590 --> 00:04:35,980
they always are.
All good.

65
00:04:37,590 --> 00:04:41,660
They're painted in simple
letters, white against.

66
00:04:41,670 --> 00:04:45,300
The darker rock, not perfectly
straight.

67
00:04:45,650 --> 00:04:47,460
Not.
Measured or spaced.

68
00:04:47,470 --> 00:04:52,180
In any precise way, but not
messy, and they're perfectly.

69
00:04:52,190 --> 00:04:56,930
Legible.
The lines are slightly uneven,

70
00:04:57,140 --> 00:05:01,980
as if they were done without
hesitation, painted directly

71
00:05:01,990 --> 00:05:03,680
onto.
The surface without.

72
00:05:03,690 --> 00:05:07,960
Planning.
There is no decoration around

73
00:05:07,970 --> 00:05:13,580
them, no underline, no added
marks, nothing to frame or

74
00:05:13,590 --> 00:05:16,960
emphasize them.
Just the words.

75
00:05:16,970 --> 00:05:23,260
Themselves set plainly against
the stone, I pass them at the

76
00:05:23,270 --> 00:05:24,920
same.
Speed I always.

77
00:05:24,930 --> 00:05:27,860
Do slowing down.
Just a bit.

78
00:05:27,930 --> 00:05:32,090
With no one around me.
The phrase stays.

79
00:05:32,100 --> 00:05:36,590
With me as I go by.
The shape of it clear.

80
00:05:36,660 --> 00:05:42,930
Even as it moves out of view, I
continue along the road.

81
00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:46,990
The Cliff.
Disappearing behind me, replaced

82
00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:52,740
again by trees and open.
Stretches the drive, carries.

83
00:05:52,750 --> 00:05:54,410
On.
The words.

84
00:05:54,420 --> 00:05:57,440
Still in my head.
All good.

85
00:05:58,890 --> 00:06:01,470
I think about how.
Simple it is.

86
00:06:01,910 --> 00:06:04,480
How?
It doesn't need to be explained

87
00:06:04,490 --> 00:06:10,520
or expanded into anything more.
It doesn't suggest that anything

88
00:06:10,530 --> 00:06:15,040
needs to change right now.
It just exists.

89
00:06:15,100 --> 00:06:18,870
Complete on its own.
The road.

90
00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:20,230
Leads me.
The rest?

91
00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:24,050
Of the way to my friend's place.
Where we visit for a few.

92
00:06:24,060 --> 00:06:29,550
Hours, then gradually brings me
back again, looping through the

93
00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:36,220
familiar reverse pattern of the
drive when I return the same

94
00:06:36,230 --> 00:06:38,280
way.
The Cliff appears.

95
00:06:38,290 --> 00:06:43,920
Again, now on my right side, the
angle slightly different.

96
00:06:43,970 --> 00:06:50,330
But the words still clear.
This time, as I approach, I slow

97
00:06:50,340 --> 00:06:54,350
down even more and pull over on
the shoulder.

98
00:06:55,490 --> 00:07:00,160
I reach for my phone in my purse
and put the passenger side

99
00:07:00,170 --> 00:07:03,410
window down.
I hold it.

100
00:07:03,420 --> 00:07:05,810
Steady framing.
The words.

101
00:07:05,820 --> 00:07:11,030
Without adjusting too much, I
press the button once, then

102
00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:17,600
again taking a second image.
Without checking the 1st, I take

103
00:07:17,610 --> 00:07:19,180
another.
Look at the real.

104
00:07:19,190 --> 00:07:25,740
Thing before pulling back onto
the highway the moment passes in

105
00:07:25,750 --> 00:07:27,860
the same way it.
Always does.

106
00:07:28,410 --> 00:07:33,250
The Cliff receding behind me,
the road unfolding ahead,

107
00:07:34,710 --> 00:07:37,990
Instead of going straight home,
I turned.

108
00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:39,710
Toward the village.
Centre.

109
00:07:41,100 --> 00:07:43,590
I see the store is still.
Open.

110
00:07:43,670 --> 00:07:47,550
So I park.
Go in and move straight to the

111
00:07:47,560 --> 00:07:53,310
small photo counter at the back.
The space is quiet.

112
00:07:53,620 --> 00:07:57,120
Only the low hum of the machines
can be heard.

113
00:07:58,590 --> 00:08:03,680
I connect my phone, select the
image without adjusting it, and

114
00:08:03,690 --> 00:08:09,060
choose a convenient size.
The Prince began almost

115
00:08:09,070 --> 00:08:15,130
immediately, sliding out 1 by 1,
still slightly warm.

116
00:08:16,390 --> 00:08:19,700
I.
Gather them together, noticing

117
00:08:19,710 --> 00:08:23,270
uneven lines, the spacing, the
way.

118
00:08:23,280 --> 00:08:29,340
Nothing about it feels planned.
It looks the same as it did on

119
00:08:29,350 --> 00:08:33,010
the roadside.
An uncomplicated message.

120
00:08:34,570 --> 00:08:39,360
I take them to the counter, pay
and step back outside.

121
00:08:40,299 --> 00:08:44,530
I paused beside the.
Car looking down at the small

122
00:08:44,540 --> 00:08:49,790
stack in my hands before placing
them carefully on the passenger.

123
00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:54,030
Seat.
At home, the familiar quiet

124
00:08:54,040 --> 00:09:00,320
meets me at the door as I set my
keys down and slip off my shoes.

125
00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:06,770
I take one of the photos and
carry it to my bedroom, setting

126
00:09:06,780 --> 00:09:11,330
it on the mirror, tucking it
gently into the corner of the

127
00:09:11,340 --> 00:09:16,650
frame so it stays in place.
It sits there.

128
00:09:16,700 --> 00:09:18,290
Becoming part.
Of what I'll.

129
00:09:18,300 --> 00:09:23,300
See each morning and now there
it goes on to.

130
00:09:23,310 --> 00:09:27,220
The fridge.
Held in place with small flower

131
00:09:27,230 --> 00:09:33,020
magnets, it blends in with
everything else already there,

132
00:09:33,110 --> 00:09:37,900
but still stands old enough to
catch my attention each time I

133
00:09:37,910 --> 00:09:42,760
pass the words.
Simple and encouraging among the

134
00:09:42,770 --> 00:09:48,660
movements of the day.
The last one I place into a

135
00:09:48,670 --> 00:09:54,380
simple greeting card.
No occasion, no reason beyond

136
00:09:54,390 --> 00:10:00,080
wanting to pass it on.
I slide it in carefully.

137
00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:03,960
Close the card.
And set it aside to mail it to

138
00:10:03,970 --> 00:10:09,620
my friend I'd been to see.
To day, I think of the words on

139
00:10:09,630 --> 00:10:13,010
the rock face and the times.
I drive by.

140
00:10:13,020 --> 00:10:17,610
Without spotting them maybe?
The traffic is.

141
00:10:17,620 --> 00:10:23,170
Heavier or something else is on
my mind, but it never.

142
00:10:23,180 --> 00:10:26,130
Fails.
That I remember them somewhere

143
00:10:26,140 --> 00:10:30,120
along the road.
That someone took the time to

144
00:10:30,130 --> 00:10:35,650
paint those words, leaving them
there for anyone passing by,

145
00:10:36,960 --> 00:10:40,550
even if it isn't all good in
that moment.

146
00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:46,060
Their effort and choice of kind
words remind me that we're all

147
00:10:46,070 --> 00:10:48,250
moving.
Through this together.

148
00:10:48,940 --> 00:10:56,860
Finding our way as we go.
All good.

149
00:11:00,440 --> 00:11:04,070
The road curves as I drive out
of the village.

150
00:11:04,460 --> 00:11:07,870
The last.
Few houses thinning out into

151
00:11:07,880 --> 00:11:14,220
open stretches of land.
I passed the familiar turnoffs

152
00:11:14,230 --> 00:11:17,950
without thinking about them.
Small side.

153
00:11:17,960 --> 00:11:21,440
Roads that lead.
Somewhere quieter, somewhere

154
00:11:21,450 --> 00:11:27,530
tucked away, the highway
continues forward bordered.

155
00:11:27,540 --> 00:11:32,470
By low brush.
And rock the surface worn smooth

156
00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:33,730
in.
Places where?

157
00:11:33,740 --> 00:11:36,160
Weather.
Has changed it over time.

158
00:11:38,060 --> 00:11:41,730
The morning sky has been
overcast but begins.

159
00:11:41,740 --> 00:11:46,180
To clear.
As I go along the sunlight.

160
00:11:46,190 --> 00:11:48,890
Starts to feel the car without
glare.

161
00:11:49,580 --> 00:11:52,410
Brightening the curves.
Of the dashboard.

162
00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:54,950
And the steering wheel in my
hands.

163
00:11:56,610 --> 00:12:00,320
I drive this.
Way often enough that certain

164
00:12:00,330 --> 00:12:02,560
points along the.
Road arrive.

165
00:12:02,570 --> 00:12:07,560
In sequence, each one bringing a
smile, not just marking

166
00:12:07,570 --> 00:12:09,340
progress.
On my way.

167
00:12:10,720 --> 00:12:14,510
A bend in the road that opens.
To a wider view.

168
00:12:15,290 --> 00:12:16,480
A.
Stretch where the.

169
00:12:16,490 --> 00:12:19,000
Trees pull back.
To reveal.

170
00:12:19,010 --> 00:12:23,700
Open fields where deer and
sometimes even moose can be

171
00:12:23,710 --> 00:12:28,080
spotted.
Tiny and Nook shooks, looking

172
00:12:28,090 --> 00:12:31,850
like small figures watching.
Over the drivers.

173
00:12:31,860 --> 00:12:35,110
From above.
And then there is the.

174
00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:39,690
Rocky Cliff.
It comes up on the left side,

175
00:12:39,730 --> 00:12:44,760
not very high, but big enough to
stand out in the landscape.

176
00:12:46,190 --> 00:12:49,980
The surface of it.
Is uneven layered in.

177
00:12:49,990 --> 00:12:52,960
Places with patches.
Of lichen.

178
00:12:52,970 --> 00:12:55,220
That decorate the.
Stone around them.

179
00:12:56,790 --> 00:13:00,360
It stands close to the road and
I know it's.

180
00:13:00,370 --> 00:13:05,910
There before I see it.
I find myself looking towards.

181
00:13:05,920 --> 00:13:07,570
It as I.
Approach.

182
00:13:07,680 --> 00:13:11,810
Not wanting to miss it, the car
moves.

183
00:13:11,820 --> 00:13:16,110
Forward at a steady pace.
And the Cliff begins to come

184
00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:19,590
into view in pieces.
The edge of it.

185
00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:22,250
First, then more.
Of the surface.

186
00:13:22,260 --> 00:13:27,800
As the angle opens.
The words are there, just as

187
00:13:27,810 --> 00:13:31,200
they always are.
All good.

188
00:13:32,810 --> 00:13:36,880
They're painted in simple
letters, white against.

189
00:13:36,890 --> 00:13:40,530
The darker rock, not perfectly
straight.

190
00:13:40,870 --> 00:13:42,690
Not.
Measured or spaced.

191
00:13:42,700 --> 00:13:47,410
In any precise way, but not
messy, and they're perfectly.

192
00:13:47,420 --> 00:13:52,160
Legible.
The lines are slightly uneven.

193
00:13:52,370 --> 00:13:55,110
As if they.
Were done without hesitation,

194
00:13:55,810 --> 00:13:58,900
painted directly onto.
The surface without.

195
00:13:58,910 --> 00:14:03,180
Planning.
There is no decoration around

196
00:14:03,190 --> 00:14:08,810
them, no underline, no added
marks, nothing to frame or

197
00:14:08,820 --> 00:14:12,190
emphasize them.
Just the words.

198
00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:18,480
Themselves set plainly against
the stone, I pass them at the

199
00:14:18,490 --> 00:14:20,140
same.
Speed I always.

200
00:14:20,150 --> 00:14:23,080
Do slowing down.
Just a bit.

201
00:14:23,150 --> 00:14:27,310
With no one around me.
The phrase stays.

202
00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:31,810
With me as I go by the shape.
Of it clear.

203
00:14:31,880 --> 00:14:38,130
Even as it moves out of view, I
continue along the road.

204
00:14:38,230 --> 00:14:42,210
The Cliff.
Disappearing behind me, replaced

205
00:14:42,220 --> 00:14:47,950
again by trees and open.
Stretches the drive, carries.

206
00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:49,630
On.
The words.

207
00:14:49,640 --> 00:14:52,660
Still in my head.
All good.

208
00:14:54,100 --> 00:14:56,700
I think about how.
Simple it is.

209
00:14:57,130 --> 00:14:59,700
How?
It doesn't need to be explained

210
00:14:59,710 --> 00:15:05,740
or expanded into anything more.
It doesn't suggest that anything

211
00:15:05,750 --> 00:15:10,280
needs to change right now.
It just exists.

212
00:15:10,330 --> 00:15:14,090
Complete on its own.
The road.

213
00:15:14,100 --> 00:15:15,450
Leads me.
The rest?

214
00:15:15,460 --> 00:15:19,280
Of the way to my friend's place.
Where we visit for a few.

215
00:15:19,290 --> 00:15:24,770
Hours, then gradually brings me
back again, looping through the

216
00:15:24,780 --> 00:15:31,440
familiar reverse pattern of the
drive when I return the same

217
00:15:31,450 --> 00:15:33,510
way.
The Cliff appears.

218
00:15:33,520 --> 00:15:39,150
Again, now on my right side, the
angle slightly different.

219
00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:45,550
But the words still clear.
This time, as I approach, I slow

220
00:15:45,560 --> 00:15:49,570
down even more and pull over on
the shoulder.

221
00:15:50,710 --> 00:15:55,380
I reach for my phone in my purse
and put the passenger side

222
00:15:55,390 --> 00:15:59,580
window down.
I hold it steady.

223
00:15:59,630 --> 00:16:04,640
Framing the words without
adjusting too much, I press the

224
00:16:04,650 --> 00:16:10,050
button once, then again taking a
second image without checking

225
00:16:10,060 --> 00:16:13,760
the 1st, I take another.
Look.

226
00:16:13,770 --> 00:16:17,810
At the real thing, before
pulling back onto the highway,

227
00:16:19,100 --> 00:16:22,610
the moment passes in the same
way it always.

228
00:16:22,620 --> 00:16:27,130
Does the Cliff.
Receding behind me, the road

229
00:16:27,140 --> 00:16:33,210
unfolding ahead, instead of
going straight home, I turned.

230
00:16:33,220 --> 00:16:34,930
Toward the village.
Centre.

231
00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:39,230
I see the store is still.
Open SO.

232
00:16:39,240 --> 00:16:42,010
I park, go.
In and move.

233
00:16:42,020 --> 00:16:44,650
Straight.
To the small photo counter at

234
00:16:44,660 --> 00:16:48,540
the back.
The space is quiet.

235
00:16:48,830 --> 00:16:52,340
Only the low hum of the machines
can be heard.

236
00:16:53,810 --> 00:16:58,900
I connect my phone, select the
image without adjusting it, and

237
00:16:58,910 --> 00:17:04,290
choose a convenient size.
The Prince began almost

238
00:17:04,300 --> 00:17:10,349
immediately, sliding out 1 by 1,
still slightly warm.

239
00:17:11,619 --> 00:17:14,910
I.
Gather them together, noticing

240
00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:18,490
uneven lines, the spacing, the
way.

241
00:17:18,500 --> 00:17:24,560
Nothing about it feels planned.
It looks the same as it did on

242
00:17:24,569 --> 00:17:28,230
the roadside.
An uncomplicated message.

243
00:17:29,790 --> 00:17:34,580
I take them to the counter, pay
and step back outside.

244
00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:39,750
I paused beside the.
Car looking down at the small

245
00:17:39,760 --> 00:17:45,010
stack in my hands before placing
them carefully on the passenger.

246
00:17:45,020 --> 00:17:49,250
Seat.
At home, the familiar quiet

247
00:17:49,260 --> 00:17:55,540
meets me at the door as I set my
keys down and slip off my shoes.

248
00:17:57,140 --> 00:18:01,990
I take one of the photos and
carry it to my bedroom, setting

249
00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:06,550
it on the mirror, tucking it
gently into the corner of the

250
00:18:06,560 --> 00:18:11,870
frame so it stays in place.
It sits there.

251
00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:13,510
Becoming part.
Of what I'll.

252
00:18:13,520 --> 00:18:18,520
See each morning and now there
it goes on to.

253
00:18:18,530 --> 00:18:22,440
The fridge.
Held in place with small flower

254
00:18:22,450 --> 00:18:28,240
magnets, it blends in with
everything else already there,

255
00:18:28,330 --> 00:18:33,120
but still stands old enough to
catch my attention each time I

256
00:18:33,130 --> 00:18:37,980
pass the words.
Simple and encouraging among the

257
00:18:37,990 --> 00:18:43,880
movements of the day.
The last one I place into a

258
00:18:43,890 --> 00:18:49,600
simple greeting card.
No occasion, no reason beyond

259
00:18:49,610 --> 00:18:55,300
wanting to pass it on.
I slide it in carefully.

260
00:18:55,340 --> 00:18:59,180
Close the card.
And set it aside to mail it to

261
00:18:59,190 --> 00:19:04,850
my friend I'd been to see.
To day, I think of the words on

262
00:19:04,860 --> 00:19:08,230
the rock face and the times.
I drive by.

263
00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:12,830
Without spotting them maybe?
The traffic is.

264
00:19:12,840 --> 00:19:19,430
Heavier or something else is on
my mind, but it never fails that

265
00:19:19,440 --> 00:19:24,640
I remember them somewhere along
the road that someone took the

266
00:19:24,650 --> 00:19:29,760
time to paint those words,
leaving them there for anyone

267
00:19:29,770 --> 00:19:34,760
passing by.
Even if it isn't all good in

268
00:19:34,770 --> 00:19:39,940
that moment, their effort and
choice of kind words remind me

269
00:19:40,610 --> 00:19:43,470
that we're all moving.
Through this together.

270
00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:50,790
Finding our way as we go I.
Wish you sweet.

271
00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:51,630
Dreams.