June Will Bring Exciting New Adventures and Opportunities

From a fortune cookie.

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June Gives Us Opportunities to Celebrate

Graduations, wedding anniversaries, birthdays, the end of the school year, Father’s Day, Juneteenth, and the Summer Solstice (we all have pagan roots).

As we celebrate—and, in some cases, mourn—we can find direction from the words of a prayer for social justice:

“...that barriers which divide us may crumble, suspicions disappear, and hatreds cease; that our divisions being healed, we may live in justice and peace…”

For me, June got off to a good start. I ended last week’s post with a list of things one should do after a Blue Moon. Most of my list got checked off while tending to my perennial garden. Cards, phone conversations, and text messages on my birthday added a wonderful human touch to the workflow.

The Blue Moon Checklist:

• Release what has fully run its course

• Complete a cycle

• See the truth of a situation

• Make a big-picture decision

• Reconnect with intuition and divine feminine energy

• Name what you actually want next

• Do the thing that lights you up

A Formula for Pivoting

I have known my oldest friend since her December birth, six months after mine. Her lovely birthday card to me arrived with a tear-off calendar page for June 2 with a to-do list

My June To-Do List:

• Make your own path & keep on shining

• Capture the moment & protect your heart

• Listen to your intuition & embrace alone time

• Brighten someone’s day & seek out serenity

• Explore new places & see the glass half-full

• Appreciate your assets & turn up the tunes

At the week’s end, Sunday’s sermon and chapel prayers inspired me to focus on the word “pivot,” specifically how it was used in a recent graduation speech. The new graduates were encouraged to pivot frequently while pursuing their dreams. Both of the lists above demonstrate exactly how to do that.

Curious about the bigger picture, I asked AI if America needs a national pivot. The response was telling:

“Whether America needs a national ‘pivot’ depends heavily on the policy focus. Economists and strategists are currently debating several vital shifts, weighing the impacts of recent federal tax cuts, trade tariffs, and immigration policies on inflation and job markets.”

Last week’s national and world news actually made me hopeful, because my love bucket—my glass—was more than half full. Not all the news was good, but my intuition and divine feminine energy pulled me toward the light. Challenges require action, and they require releasing what has run its course.

We can choose to move toward words of hope, or we can cling to a need to see the glass as half empty and blame others. We have the power to name what we want to do, even if we do not say it out loud. Perhaps America will finally make a big-picture decision that we can all agree to. Party over politics is a divisive, losing strategy.

July 4th is Less Than a Month Away

Most Americans celebrate July 4th as the day the U.S. won its independence from Britain. But millions also recognize a second Independence Day: Juneteenth, which marks the day in 1865 when the last enslaved Americans in Texas finally learned they were free.

Tragically, this freedom came late for that select group, and today, systemic efforts are still being made to chip away at voting equality. The ongoing judicial battles over the Voting Rights Act threaten a half-century’s worth of hard-won gains.

Early Voting and Due Diligence

Here in Maryland, early voting begins on June 11. This year, I am especially exercising my right to due diligence—a concept that my friend Miriam reminds me exists powerfully in both law and business:

• In Law: The care that a reasonable person exercises to avoid harm to other persons or their property.

• In Business: The research and analysis of a company or organization done in preparation for a transaction.

I will do the right thing that lights me up. I will vote, and I will remind everyone to do the same.

We must see the truth of our political situation through rigorous research, avoiding the trap of fake news by actively comparing sources. After all, would you buy a car just because you liked the way it looked and your friend drove one?

(Though I have to confess... that is exactly how I bought my first car, a bright green Datsun!)

A Lithuanian Perspective

Not many people are familiar with Lithuanian or Ukrainian history, which is precisely one of the reasons I wrote Ona’s Tears. I cannot stress enough the importance of recognizing the early warning signs of the rise of fascism. Vladimir Putin openly wants to re-establish the USSR, yet we often lull ourselves into thinking fascism could never exist in America.

Let me know what you think in the comments section below. Your voice, your research, and your vote are important.

Let’s discuss: How are you planning to “pivot” or practice due diligence this June?