Vacations are winding down. Heat waves grill ambition. Offices are partially occupied. Life tends to swing to the slow track. But beneath the simmer of these final steamy summer days, there is the realization that September is on the way.
Students think of classes.
Professionals know that workplaces will be fully staffed. In August we have the luxury of sitting in our easy chair thinking about what might be. But September asks for more. It looks for commitment, it expects involvement, it urges us to make choices and use our time and talent to move to new levels of understanding and new relationships. But at a certain time, August turned to September and matters moved from contemplation to ministry.