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May
2006
By Norma Jean Ream
The full
awakening of spring is present with the May New Moon in Taurus, in the
sign of steady growth, both biologically and financially. Things that
manifest now have been working out of view for the winter. Now, we begin
to see progress in our activities. The fruitfulness of this time
reflects our hopes for building security and future growth. There are
some checks to this growth spurt. Things can only go so far ahead
without loosing balance or stability. Keep a reality check on expansion
and do it wisely. Optimism can sometimes feed enthusiasm. Before you
know it, you have spent too much, or committed too much time, and you
have minimized your returns. The down side of things moving along
smoothly is that we pay less attention. In 2006, we need to be attentive
to every move we make. Like any harvest, we can only reap what we have
planted and cared for. Next fall there will be a tightening of the belt.
Planning for a hard winter now can make life a little easier when winter
comes around.
The Full Moon on
May 12 will be in the flow of bringing out more hidden activities at
high levels of government. At the same time, the indicated leaders are
also trying to appear very believable. But the harder they try to appeal
to the public as being truthful about their earlier statements, the more
contrast reveals what is true. There could be a series of exciting news
topics throughout the latter part of May into June. The fireworks of
July will be worth staying tuned for.
May is a time of
creativity that can result in useful inventions, practical civil
planning, and stimulating community ideas and events. Young people
should be the target of community leadership planning. What do our kids
need? How can we invest in them in a way that encourages their
participation and their exciting new ideas? The high school youth of Big
Island are blossoming in their creative intelligence. Yet, our schools
and community service groups are not reaching out and providing enough
stimulating events to bring their involvement into future planning.
It is important
to realize that the people born in the late 1980’s hold a level of
intelligence that is unique in our modern history. Unfortunately, this
has been addressed toward conformity. Children who need a different
level of mental stimulation are now categorized and often “drugged” to
bring them down to ‘normal’ limits of expression. I would suggest
that we need to recognize that we are not meeting their needs for a
higher level of education that stimulates their creativity and not
suppress it. Technology is their natural terrain. If we expanded our
educational offerings, I strongly believe that our discipline problems
would be greatly reduced. These young people are already showing up in
amazingly create ways. As another analogy to planting, tending, and
harvest, our teens are at a critical junction that we as a community
should be fertilizing.
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