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Look Inside
You are like a fig. Packed full of potential.

Marlane Ainsworth
May 7, 20212 min read


The Two Sides of Wonder
Be filled with wonder - at yourself and everything else.

Marlane Ainsworth
Apr 23, 20212 min read


The Mini Bar that Bit Me
Say or do something to change the situation; walk away from the situation; or accept the situation completely.

Marlane Ainsworth
Apr 2, 20213 min read


You Are a Symbol
Every moment, every action, every thought, every breath we take, is a symbol. Everything is what it is, plus what it symbolises.

Marlane Ainsworth
Feb 26, 20212 min read


Father Sky and Mother Earth
Facts may be interesting or important. But now and then, as much as possible, I step back from the world of facts, and experience wonder.

Marlane Ainsworth
Feb 19, 20212 min read


Have You Heard Silence?
Silence is everywhere. Even in an underground train tunnel with an express racing through, silence is still present.

Marlane Ainsworth
Jan 23, 20211 min read


Are You Endangered?
Be like the bittern.
Do no harm.
Make your distinctive call.
Unfailingly unfold your being.

Marlane Ainsworth
Jan 9, 20212 min read


Zen of Life and Writing
The Zen state is attainable through sinking deeply into consistent, daily effort, whether you pirouette, weld, build roads or drive buses.

Marlane Ainsworth
Dec 12, 20203 min read


If You Forget About Perfection
Forgetting perfection, and accepting what is, opens a door between me and this moment. It connects me intimately with it. I am in the moment

Marlane Ainsworth
Dec 5, 20202 min read


This Moment is Vital
If you paid attention in daily life to the same degree that you do while you dance, how rich your life would be.

Marlane Ainsworth
Nov 21, 20201 min read


Where Can Truth Be Found?
The things you long for like freedom and peace, truth and true, abide in you. They are an integral part of your essential nature, available

Marlane Ainsworth
Nov 14, 20202 min read


How Can You Make an Impact?
But people need more than our words or thoughts. They need us. Our whole being. Our hands. Our feet. Our hearts.

Marlane Ainsworth
Oct 31, 20202 min read


How to Live Mindfully Today
The world needs a literal sun for life to be sustained, but the world also needs figurative suns — you and me — shining light and warmth.

Marlane Ainsworth
Oct 21, 20202 min read


Do You Have Quiet Eyes?
Howard Thurman, theologian, philosopher and civil rights leader, wrote in Meditations of the Heart: Look out on life with quiet eyes.

Marlane Ainsworth
Oct 17, 20202 min read


Turn On Your Inner Light
Our inner light is our consciousness. It’s what we turn on when we stop living on autopilot. It spills out into the world through conscious

Marlane Ainsworth
Oct 14, 20202 min read


What If?
What if I listen better in the next twenty-four hours?
What if I drop the illusion of who I think I am right now?

Marlane Ainsworth
Oct 10, 20202 min read


Words in Unexpected Places
I have a book on my desk, bought new. It stares up at me accusingly, shouting “Read me! Read Me!" It's 'Poems That Make Grown Women Cry'.

Marlane Ainsworth
Sep 19, 20203 min read


Will There Be a New World in the Morning?
Don’t wait for tomorrow.
Work with today.
That’s all you’ve got.
And it’s waiting for you to give it your full attention!

Marlane Ainsworth
Sep 12, 20202 min read


Want to be Happy Right Now?
Find happiness in small, everyday things.

Marlane Ainsworth
Sep 5, 20202 min read


A Trembling Wonder of the World
Pando carries a timeless teaching: We are one.

Marlane Ainsworth
Aug 29, 20202 min read
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