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What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?
Eckhart Tolle says our primary purpose is: "To be a vehicle for consciousness to come into this world."

Marlane Ainsworth
5 days ago3 min read
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What Does "Being Present" Feel Like?
Being present is a calm space paradoxically filled with energy. It’s suffused with a normally elusive sense of abiding peace and joy.

Marlane Ainsworth
May 13 min read
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Flying By the Seat of My Pants
Flying by the seat of my pants means to instinctively respond to what is happening, to figure out what to do as things unfold.

Marlane Ainsworth
Apr 235 min read
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The Real Meaning of Sacrifice
To perform an act of sacrifice, we don't lose something, we give something.
Sacrifice isn't giving up something; it is simply giving.

Marlane Ainsworth
Apr 183 min read
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Roadworks, Stoics and Me
Stoics say that what's in the way is the way, There's no such thing as an obstacle.

Marlane Ainsworth
Apr 113 min read
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Find Gold In Every Moment
Find the gold – something precious, something illuminating, something with an eternal glow about it – in every moment, every situation.

Marlane Ainsworth
Apr 43 min read
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A Simple Recipe to Calm Your Mind
Breathing deeply brings awareness to your body, to this moment. Doing this calms your mind. Try it!

Marlane Ainsworth
Mar 283 min read
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Life Is a Messy Process
My garden is a process. My life is a process. Other people's lives are a process. Life is a perfect, messy process.

Marlane Ainsworth
Mar 213 min read
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What Is Sacred?
The core of sacredness is recognising the soul in each other. (Translation by Coleman Barks of Shams Tabriz, the close friend of Rumi.)

Marlane Ainsworth
Mar 73 min read
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Today Is Extraordinary
The ordinary becomes extraordinary when you pay attention. There are no ordinary flowers, a boring cloud, or an uninteresting right hand.

Marlane Ainsworth
Feb 212 min read
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You Are a Miracle
The most beautiful emotion we can experience is the mystical. (Einstein). Miracles are everywhere in everyday life.

Marlane Ainsworth
Feb 142 min read
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You Can't Run Out of Patience
Patience is presence. You can't run out of patience. Impatience is a form of madness.

Marlane Ainsworth
Feb 64 min read
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Create a Ripple Effect Today
Your words, actions, and smiles can create a ripple effect that may outlive you.

Marlane Ainsworth
Jan 243 min read
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A Garden Seat Is a Necessity
A garden seat is a necessity. Have at least one in your garden. Choose simple and cheap ones.

Marlane Ainsworth
Jan 172 min read
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Get High on a Good Whiff of Geosmin
There is no such thing as an unhappy gardener. They are always getting high on geosmin, which is the smell of damp earth.

Marlane Ainsworth
Jan 102 min read
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What Will the New Year Bring You and Me?
Being out of our comfort zone helps us grow in qualities like thankfulness, compassion, forgiveness, resourcefulness and patience.

Marlane Ainsworth
Dec 27, 20243 min read
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Do You Want a Bit of Peace?
Peace is ineffable, ever-present, unquenchable, available to every one of us through conscious breathing, which leads to peace.

Marlane Ainsworth
Dec 21, 20243 min read
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Change Is Inevitable
Change is inevitable. Acceptance keeps us in the flow of ever-changing life. It helps us work best with what is happening.

Marlane Ainsworth
Dec 13, 20243 min read
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What My Garden Told Me: 21 Inspirational Messages
The garden teaches me things, like how to respond to the ups and downs of life, including death.

Marlane Ainsworth
Nov 29, 20242 min read
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For You: Another Preview of Our Upcoming Book
A preview of our upcoming book, What My Garden Told Me. A message from the statue in the garden called The Lady.

Marlane Ainsworth
Nov 22, 20242 min read
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