We’ve gone through a lot this year and we must remember that it’s also important to kick back and enjoy life. The Summer season, which begins on June 21st, is made for doing just that. To provide you with a reminder and inspiration, your message this month is in the form of a wonderful Summer song. It’s the basis for your own personal soundtrack and it was chosen to match your personality as well as remind you to relax and connect with the rhythm of the times. I encourage you to sing it, hum it, dance to it. And let us continue combining our Hope with its allies Courage, Commitment, and direct Action as we move forward towards a better world. We must all remember that each of us is capable of doing potentially mysterious, empowering deeds and of displaying courage, integrity, and heart so vital and vibrant to the continuation of all that we hold dear– and then, WE MUST DO THEM!
“I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do.” Edward Everett Hale
“I love you, my sister and brother, whoever you are– whether you worship in your church, kneel in your temple, or pray in your mosque. You and I are all children of one faith, for the diverse paths of religion are fingers of the loving hand of one Supreme Being, a hand extended to all, offering completeness of spirit to all, eager to receive all.” Khalil Gibran
“Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities– always see them, for they’re always there.” Norman Vincent Peale
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The soundtrack for all of us is Bruce Springsteen’s Message to America: A Protest. A Prayer. A Wake-Up Call, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-kODkdNSgs
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THE EMPEROR (March 21 – April 20) Your personal Summer anthem is “Ripple” by The Grateful Dead, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmMjY6tXaEo
THE EMPRESS (April 21 – May 20) Your personal Summer anthem is “The Man” by Taylor Swift, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqAJLh9wuZ0
THE LOVERS (May 21 – June 20) Your personal Summer anthem is “Standing Knee Deep In A River (Dying of Thirst)” by Kathy Mattea, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9Foj7cExlk
CHARIOT (June 21 – July 20) Your personal Summer anthem is “In The Heat of a Slowdance”, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0WZFrL8PVA
THE SUN (July 21 – August 22) Your personal Summer anthem is “Please Don’t Take Your Love” by Carlos Santana & Smokey Robinson, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBI16Uf0S1Y
THE HERMIT (August 23 – September 22) Your personal Summer anthem is “Crazy Love” by the Van Morrison, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIaKy1vM9hs
JUSTICE (September 23 – October 22) Your personal Summer anthem is “A Song for You” by Donny Hathaway, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_F-WXPR7osQ
THE MAGICIAN (October 23 – November 21) Your personal Summer anthem is “How Does It Feel” by D’Angelo, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxVNOnPyvIU
THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE (November 22 – December 21) Your personal Summer anthem is “Born in the U.S.A.” by Bruce Springsteen, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPhWR4d3FJQ
THE WORLD (December 22 – January 19) Your personal Summer anthem is “I’m On My Way” by Rhiannon Giddens, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4Xlyi8Is98
THE STAR (January 20 – February 19) Your personal Summer anthem is “Sign Your Name” by Sananda Maitreya, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dluHzQhLcME
THE MOON (February 20 – March 20) Your personal Summer anthem is “Something Beautiful Remains” by Tina Turner, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kaOLKEAVLo