Sometimes I receive it in the shower, divine inspiration tapping my crown like a baptism from above.
Other times, it’s the tall trees that sway and whisper wisdom as I walk their holy corridor.
In 2025, it was a power room that served as the cosmic phone booth for the message that guided my steps for this past year.
Divine direction greets me at seemingly-random times, but what’s consistent about it? I am always held in a quiet listening space so I can’t help but hear.
And what I heard in January 2025 as I washed my hands in our powder room was “More Cowbell.”
I looked up quizzically, like, really? More cowbell?
And then, I did what I characteristically have become accustomed to doing: I allowed.
“Ok – more cowbell it is!” I proclaimed, raising my arms with acceptance and talking to thin air.
And so ushered in a year of exploring what happens when I say YES to more of life. More collaboration, more volunteering, more teaching, more gatherings of allowing with you all, and I thank you so much for inviting me in to your inboxes and learning spaces. I am honored to be a companion on life’s journey.
And so here we are again at the turning of the year. I bundle up and head out on the trail. Pausing mid-walk, I tilt my face to the sky and stand still, expectant.
Somewhere beyond my thinking mind, I sense dots connecting, echoes reverberating, words forming before my eyes: sacred simplicity.
Sacred…my breath was frosty as I mouthed the word.
Simplicity…my shoulders settled.
While “more cowbell” felt like a big, bold expedition into the world, “sacred simplicity” feels like peaceful homecoming. Like rest. Like sanctuary.
yesssss
If 2025 was in search of MORE, 2026 is ready to embrace LESS.
I smiled, remembering two dear friends at a writing event naming just this: MORE LESS! LESS MORE!
And so it shall be.
Welcome to a year of sacred simplicity in a space of allowing. As I embark on this journey, I invite you to join me in a field of sacred spaciousness.
Whether you call it intuition, the Holy Spirit, inner wisdom, the Muse, or something altogether unnamed,
Clear a path
Light a candle
Listen for the wisdom of your own nudges
Follow the path back to yourself in a space of your own unique allowing.
With love and warm companionship,
Nancy |
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