Warm greetings, dear Friend!
Wherever you are in your journey on this beautiful planet of ours, I hope that you’re well and happy.

Here we are again, in the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day – a time to rest, to ponder the year that was, and to ponder the year that is to come.

What was your word/theme for 2024? Did it serve you well?

And what will your word/theme for 2025 be?

My word for 2024 was BLESS.
Early in the year, I created this prayer/affirmation/blessing:
“I bless everyone and everything in this day.
May I be a blessing to everyone and everything in this day.
I bless every cell of my being and every level of my consciousness.
May all that I think, all that I say, and all that I do
be a simple prayer of love and appreciation for all that is
with Ease and Grace and Joy.
Thank you thank you thank you.”
Reciting this blessing every morning set a beautiful tone for the day ahead
and also gave me an opportunity to ponder how I had NOT lived it the day before –
so it served me very well indeed!

And for 2025?

In a recent message to her community at CSL White Rock, Rev. Tamara Rossander wrote:
“In Science of Mind, happiness and joy are distinct yet interconnected. Happiness is a temporary emotional state that depends on external circumstances, such as relationships, achievements, or possessions. It fluctuates with life’s ups and downs. As Ernest Holmes explains, ‘Happiness comes from the outer world of experience and can be fleeting.’

In contrast, joy is a deeper, spiritual quality that arises from within. It is rooted in our connection to the Divine Presence and does not depend on external conditions. Joy is a constant, ever-present state of being. Holmes teaches, ‘Joy reflects the recognition of the Divine within and is the natural state of a mind that knows its unity with the Infinite.’ “

To me, Ernest Holmes’ definition of joy in the quote above is synonymous with my deepest desire: to live my fullest expression. So JOY will be my word for 2025 – and I’m excited about that!

In honour of JOY and living our fullest expression, I offer you one on my songs: Do That Thing. May it serve you well! 

In the coming months, I’d like us to share “tools” / (spiritual) practices with each other that help us to access JOY. Are you willing, dear Friend?

WHEREVER you are on your journey, I would love to hear from you. Please e-mail me; we’re all in this together, and we have much to learn from each other.
(THANKS for being a part of my journey, and SPECIAL THANKS to all of the kind souls who respond to my newsletters; reading your comments is always a highlight of my month.)

And, as always…
You can listen to my songs and chants here and here.
You can find the words to my songs and chants here.
You can buy my CDs here.

 

UPCOMING AND ONGOING EVENTS

As a solo artist, I perform for many churches in both Canada and the U.S. (in person, online, and with pre-recorded videos), as well as for many local retirement homes. I also perform in several local musical groups. 

For more detailed information on any of my performances, please click on any date in my online calendar. And if I can serve YOU in any way with my words and music, please know that it would be my great pleasure to do so! 

All of my music can be enjoyed any time on my YouTube channel, and I would really appreciate it if you were to visit it and then click on “Subscribe”. (And if you’re a Facebook user, I would really appreciate it if you were to “Like” my Fan Page and then click on “Following”.) Thanks so much!

As a very dear and wise friend in Montreal once said to me, “All I can offer you is my experience”.

My sincere desire, in every one of my newsletters, is to encourage us all to live our Big Lives one Small Step at a time.

Much love to you, dear Friend!
I bless you on your journey,
and I wish you Ease and Grace and JOY
in living your Fullest Expression.

Go with Love,
– Nathen

Nathen Aswell
Performing Songwriter / Inspirational Speaker
Encouraging people to live Big Lives one Small Step at a time
https://www.nathenaswell.com/
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(604) 618-4429