JUNE
(the 6th month of the year)
it is full of significance, both historically and culturally. It marks the
halfway point of the year and it is the time when summer officially begins in our
Northern Hemisphere (with the summer solstice, typically occurring
between June 20-21, marking the longest day of the year, when the sun reaches
its highest point in the sky). The
name "June" is believed to have originated from the Roman goddess
Juno, who was the goddess of marriage and childbirth, and because of this, June
has long been considered a favorable month for weddings. It is the threshold of summer – the month of ripening days and restless
wanderings…it is the moment when spring lets go, sighing softly into the warmth
of longer hours and fragrant air. In June, the sun lingers its golden thread stitching late evenings into the fabric of
memory, and we can see that the lilacs surrender their last perfumed breath,
while roses rise, unbowed.
June is neither a beginning nor an end, but rather a
space in between – an interlude of possibilities and a summer’s overture. This month,
the school bells become quiet, and somehow the city streets hum in a softer,
wandering rhythm. Many gardens brim with expectations, while their roots are deepening
as leaves unfold.
There is something effortless in the way June
persuades – inviting us to go more often outdoors, to walk bare feet upon the
warmer earth, while whispering of more and longer road trips and vacations.
In my opinion, there’s a certainty to the light in June…it arrives
early & it lingers, making every shadow stretch longer, every morning softer.
Also, it seems that the quality of the air itself shifts, holding promises
of adventure/s, the scent of salt on distant shores & the crisp edges of
impending change. This is the time of golden hours, where the world sways
gently in the glow of twilight; this is a time when many conversations lengthen
over patio tables, when the ice cubes are melting slowly in the hush between
sentences...we watch as dusk hesitates, suspended, reluctant to surrender...beautiful moments of togetherness, having the love ones close to us.
June does not ask for urgency; it is a season of
pause, of motion without hurry...the days brim with possibility, yet there is no
demand.
Unlike July, with its fevered pulse, or May, which still clings to
spring’s indecision, June stands confidently, balanced between what was and
what will be.
It is the solstice’s quiet rebellion, a surrender to light without
resistance.
June is memory before it is lived, it is the
laughter carried through open windows, the scent of freshly cut grass hanging
in the evening air; it is the soft unraveling of routine and the embrace of
something looser – unstructured days with many moments unfolding without
demand. During this time of the year, we find ourselves
drawn to the simplicity of June – the ease of its warmth, the tenderness of its
long-lit evenings…in this space, time is less rigid.
So, let June be what it is …an invitation to
linger, a promise whispered in waves, a month that holds its breath & asks
nothing but that we pause long enough to listen.
June arrives
like a whispered promise, wrapping the world in golden light.
The air hums with
possibility, and every sunset is a masterpiece painted in fire and rose.
