<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">September Meditation</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">I do not know if the seasons remember their history or if the days and </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">nights by which we count time remember their own passing.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">I do not know if the oak tree remembers its planting or if the pine </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">remembers its slow climb toward sun and stars.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">I do not know if the squirrel remembers last fall's gathering or if the </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">bluejay remembers the meaning of snow.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">I do not know if the air remembers September or if the night remembers </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">the moon.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">I do not know if the earth remembers the flowers from last spring or if </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">the evergreen remembers that it shall stay so.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Perhaps that is the reason for our births - to be the memory for </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">creation.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Perhaps salvation is something very different than anyone ever expected.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Perhaps this will be the only question we will have to answer:</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">"What can you tell me about September?"</div><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""> </p><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span>- Burton D. Carley</div></div></body></html>