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Marlane Ainsworth
Jul 26, 20246 min read
Reflections on Being Kicked Out of a Children's Choir
Everyone sings in their own way. Not all singing comes through the throat. Our actions and our words can sing too.
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Marlane Ainsworth
Jul 19, 20242 min read
Blessings I Have Found
The more I look, the more I find It’s easy for me to look at my life and ask: ‘What’s wrong with this picture?’ I wish my bush-walking...
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Marlane Ainsworth
Jul 12, 20243 min read
3 Things I Would Do if I Were Anonymous for a Day
Be anonymous for a day or an hour. Have no memories or old thoughts. Look out at your world like a brand-new baby. Be filled with wonder.
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Marlane Ainsworth
Jun 28, 20242 min read
What Spending Time in Nature Teaches Me
Spending time in the garden teaches me to be quiet and going for walks in nature shows me how tiny I am in the scheme of things.
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Marlane Ainsworth
Jun 21, 20243 min read
Getting Used to Not Being Here
Let go of self-importance. Release desire. Cease self-isolation. Dissolve into the great Oneness. "Die before you die" - Eckhart Tolle
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Marlane Ainsworth
Jun 15, 20245 min read
How Can I Speak From My Heart?
To give a speech or eulogy, a typed script ensures you cover the material required. But write it and speak it from the heart.
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Marlane Ainsworth
Jun 7, 20243 min read
Who Are You?
Who are you? 'Every individual is an expression of the whole realm of nature, a unique action of the total universe.' (Alan Watts)
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Marlane Ainsworth
May 11, 20242 min read
Ultimate Self-Care. Sit Quietly. Do Nothing.
The ultimate free self-care option is to sit quietly, doing nothing.
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Marlane Ainsworth
May 10, 20243 min read
The Story of the Broken Flowerpot
Has Life left its mark on you? Although you may be broken and patched, you can still be functional, compassionate, tolerant, patient.
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Marlane Ainsworth
May 10, 20243 min read
How to Make a Bouquet Out of Your Life
Make a bouquet with what happens to you. Work with what you’ve been given. Make a bouquet with whatever is available in your life right now.
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Marlane Ainsworth
Apr 25, 20243 min read
The Lesson of Autumn
The lesson hidden in autumn is that life is about endless change.
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Marlane Ainsworth
Apr 19, 20243 min read
Growing Old, Becoming Real
Wisdom from the Velveteen Rabbit to oldies like me: Real isn’t how you are made. It’s a thing that happens to you. It takes a long time.
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Marlane Ainsworth
Apr 12, 20243 min read
Take a Listening Walk
Go on a Listening Walk. Don’t think. Don’t talk.Listen to birdsong, rattling leaves, your footsteps and each breath you take.
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Marlane Ainsworth
Mar 28, 20242 min read
The Purpose of Your Skin Is Connection
A new way to see your skin. It doesn't separate you from everything else. It connects you to everything else. Skin is a point of connection.
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Marlane Ainsworth
Mar 22, 20242 min read
A Lesson from Tofu
A lesson from tofu. Short article about the cookbook 'Beat Cancer Kitchen' by Chris & Micah Wark.
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Marlane Ainsworth
Mar 15, 20243 min read
Are You Living Your Real Self?
We have roles to fulfill in our lives. Don't take them too seriously. Live from the presence that's been with you since before you were born
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Marlane Ainsworth
Mar 8, 20242 min read
You Are a Miracle
You are a miracle. And so is everything else. Be like Walt Whitman. See miracles everywhere and feel the joy.
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Marlane Ainsworth
Mar 1, 20243 min read
Be Kind
Be kind every day. Kindness can take thought and planning or be spontaneous. However it happens, it changes the world.
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Marlane Ainsworth
Feb 23, 20243 min read
Love and Light Within You
Love and light in you. Crack open the hard casing of self-preservation to let out your true nature. The gold within.
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Marlane Ainsworth
Feb 16, 20242 min read
Say: I Don't Know
Say, I don't know. This allows silence and space to enter the conversation. It opens a door to allow universal wisdom to engage with us.
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