Holding the Space for
SIMPLICITY
Nathen’s Newsletter
January ’18)
Warm greetings and blessings to you, dear Friend!
May you be filled with lovingkindness.
May you be safe and protected from all inner and outer dangers.
May you be well in body and mind.
May you be at ease and happy.
THIS MONTH’S TOPIC
Here we are – in 2018!
How has the New Year been unfolding for you so far?
Since my last Newsletter in December, I’ve been thinking, talking, writing and living more deeply into my theme for this year, “Holding The Space”; and, as I do, what’s emerging for me is SIMPLICITY.
In my ongoing exploration of open-ended questions, such as “How can I make this day the best that it can be?”, I’ve come to realize that the ONLY thing holding me back from (joy)fully living in the present is my fear-based limited thinking, such as “It’s All or Nothing”, or “There isn’t enough/I am not enough”.
And, the simplest question that I can ask to get present is, “What’s the most loving thing that I can do right now, with Ease and Grace and Joy?”
It could be something loving that I do for myself, or for someone else – it really doesn’t matter. (We ARE all One, after all!) What DOES matter is that I trust the answers that come to me… and, as I do, the more present and happier I am.
wooHOO!
YES, YAY and AMEN!
SO – with gratitude and curiosity – I continue to Hold the Space for SIMPLICITY.
In honour of SIMPLICITY, here is a short medley of chants I recorded at Unity of Vancouver a few years ago; may it serve you well.
(You can listen to my songs and chants here.)
(You can find the words to my songs and chants here.)
(You can buy my CDs here.)
How about YOU, dear Friend? What’s most resonating in YOU this month?
WHEREVER you are on your journey, I’d love to hear from you.
Please e-mail me; we’re all in this together, and we have much to learn from each other.
(BIG THANKS to all of the kind souls who respond to my newsletters; reading your comments is always a highlight of my month.)
APPRECIATION
Every Monday on my Facebook business page, I post messages of gratitude.
Please have a look, join the conversation, and SHARE the posts with your friends.
UPCOMING AND ONGOING EVENTS
– PERFORMANCES
(For the most up-to-date information, please click on any date in my online calendar)
– VIDEOS
May I be of service to you and your organization or community with my words and music?
My KEYNOTE CONCERT presentation can be seen here, and my PERFORMANCE VIDEOS, including my LATEST ONE (“Learn, Share, Grow and Belong”) can be seen here.
– MUSIC
My very dear friend and song co-writer Becca Palm has created “Community Songs”, a songbook/CD package of 23 songs which includes 4 chants that she and I co-wrote (“Ho-oponopono”, “Listen”, “Small Steps” and “Turning Within”). To get your copy, please click here. (You can also listen to and/or download the songs here.)
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. May you Hold the Space for SIMPLICITY with Ease and Grace and Joy, and may you go with LOVE.
– Nathen
