Good morning. Welcome to Jo Ann’s Virtual Cafe 2021. Come on in and help yourself to a breakfast beverage. Let’s talk.
I was going to tell you about something that happened to me Wednesday. Since last week was Veterans’ Day, I decided to wait until today.
I was out on the porch, but I was working on my phone. Now, I live on the second floor of the apartment complex. I looked downstairs, and my cat was playing with a live snake. I put that mute button on and started yelling at my cat. She ignored me, and the battle was on. Here, I was by myself, still stuck on the telephone watching this battle between my cat and the snake with nobody else around.
I had read that now is the time for baby copperheads to be around. There was no way I was going anywhere around that snake. The battle between those two raged as I watched helplessly. The Lord must have heard my prayers. My next-door neighbor showed up. Luckily, he is a forestry guy and not afraid of snakes.
He got the snake away from the cat, got it on a broom, and released it two blocks away. I tell you, my nerves were worn out from the experience. The cat and snake are fine, but I still look for that snake before going out my door.
Let me introduce you to Bill. He’s in town for the game and stopped in at the Cafe for the first time. I told him all about you. I told him how compassionate, kind, and loving you are. I explained how we all respect and support each other. I even said to him that the preacher and our grandparents taught us that if you can’t say something good about somebody, don’t say nothing at all.
Now, I tell you Bill was really impressed by what I said about you. He said you sure do think a lot of the folks at the Cafe. I replied, “I sure do, but it’s also World Kindness Day, and I wanted to get my kind words in early. Nobody’s Perfect.”
Having said that, let’s share a breakfast beverage and a Native American Proverb.
The proverbs of today go like this:
“If you are as fierce as a serpent, you can be as gentle as a dove.”
“When you follow the Red Road and keep your joy, you take away their power.”
‘When someone is unkind to you, keep a smile on your face.“
Thanks for coming. Enjoy your gift of today. Have a great day!
