Waiting for birth of new star in 2025

Melvin Giles

“Today too, amid so much darkness, we need to see the light of hope and to be men and women who bring hope to others.” - Pope Francis
“I think a hero is any person really intent on making this a better place for all people.” - Maya Angelou
“We are all children of the Great Spirit; we all belong to Mother Earth. Our planet is in great trouble and if we keep carrying old grudges and do not work together, we will all die.” - Chief Seattle

Hello Monitor readers,
I greet you with refreshing spring joy of sights and senses of beauty and delight that will reflect back to me and all. Our April showers are bringing colorful and aromatic May flowers.
The month of April continued feeling like a bizarre and unpredictable world, as in a winkle in time, or energy that birthed our country 250 years ago and before the Mayflower. As a Time Traveler, I can assure you that the Arc of Justice is stretching and bending forward with the boost of social media. We can all breathe and listen easier for the truth at this historic time of (our history) transformational change for our planet, for us, and for everything (all our relatives). As a bridge – to find a balance of positive, which is about people and families instead of about profits and financial transactions – we have to talk to each other and to see each other through the lens of compassion, empathy, agape love, and understanding. And, spend time resting and being joyful, even as our world seems to be falling apart and dismantling; It is. However, we will rise and get back on track of common sense and democracy!
We will have a good spring and summer unthawing of the insensitive chain-sawing and incompetence, inconsistence, and confusing messages from our federal leaders. Instead of listing examples, I’m sure you can name 3-5 recent national orders that have been stepped back, particularly, regarding being dismissed, fired, or buying out Federal employees. It’s too heavy for me too even think how to put our government back together again. I am, however, joyful and grateful that the words and actions of former late President, Jimmy Carter and the late Pope Francis are being acknowledged, honored, and being inspiration to work, care, grieve, play, sing, cry, plan, feel, and be together in unity and solidarity for democracy instead of what we are currently seeing and feeling. Things are slowly changing back, in respect to We the People.

This month, I invited Theresa Nix to share her insights once again.
Hello, my name is Theresa and I love to study astronomy.
Sky watching is a great way to return to experiencing a sense of childlike wonder within the harmonies between engaging with science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics. Getting out into nature takes my focus off the heartbreak of war and shifts me back into the work of peace making. Sitting in solitude and allows me to write and turn my emotion into something meaningful and beautiful.
Tracking star stories during times of change helps me stay young at heart and connects me back to information about my culture and the climate. Today’s inspiring star story is shared with you in mind.
People around the world are awaiting the birth of a new star. According to NASA, “The star system T Coronae Borealis (T CrB), 3,000 light years away, is about to brighten the night sky, visible to the naked eye for the first time in 80 years. Known as a recurrent nova, this phenomenon occurs due to a binary system of a white dwarf and a red giant, creating a stunning cosmic explosion. The star’s brightness will rival the North Star, Polaris. Don’t miss this extraordinary spectacle that might not return for another 80 years.”
You can look up and see the star’s birth sometime in 2025. This star will remain bright for a week or so and then start to go dim.
Reflection: No matter what is happening in the world, we share one sky.
My wish for us all is that we can track and multiply the energy collected from these small moments of wonder toward peaceful skies for everyone. For more information, visit https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20393/
To join the waitlist for the launch of my modern star stories in fall of 2025, email tthompson.nix@gmail.com.
“Peace and Light.” Thank you, Theresa.

FROM MY MAILBOX
I enjoy receiving email comments and reflective feedback on my column. Thank you, to those of you who have sent messages. I’ve been encouraged to continue to be optimistic and speak from joy and gratitude. A few Monitor readers have suggested that that their ”primary goal is to find as many people as I can, other organizations that can band together, local businesses that are blue, safe spaces, people ready to push back etc.” They shared that my column “conveyed our current national nightmare so well and also called us into community, joy, love, and peace.” And, back in February, I received feedback that included in “these challenging times with love and kindness allowing the invisible forces to guide us. Thank you for your words.” This encourages me to keep listening to my ancestors, angels, and invisible forces about our current inter-generational quantum leap of faith-ing. Be and stay optimistic!

‘MAKE ME AN INSTRUMENT OF YOUR PEACE’
I close with a simple and grateful tribute to Pope Francis.
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
St. Francis of Assisi
May Peace Be In the Rondo, Frogtown, Hamline/Midway, Como, and Surrounding Communities... May Peace Be In Our Homes and Communities… May Peace Prevail On Earth (MPPOE).