The Refrigerator Standoff

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Welcome to Cager’s Coffee Break,

Have you ever opened the refrigerator, stared inside for thirty seconds, closed it—and then opened it again five minutes later? Apparently, we're expecting new food to arrive between visits. You stand there staring at exactly the same cheese, leftovers, vegetables, and bottle of salad dressing you rejected five minutes ago.nothing changed. Yet somehow, we look again. Maybe we're not hungry. Maybe we're just hoping the refrigerator will surprise us. Speaking of surprises, here's something unusual about coffee: coffee flowers are white and often compared in fragrance to jasmine. Before there are coffee cherries to harvest, the coffee plant produces delicate blossoms. Most of us only see coffee after it has been harvested, processed, roasted, ground, and brewed. We don't often think about the beautiful flowering stage that came long before our morning cup. Isn't that a wonderful reminder about life? We often celebrate the finished product while forgetting everything that happened before it—the growing, waiting, changing and developing. We're like that too. Some seasons of our lives don't look very productive from the outside, but something may still be growing. So don't measure your progress only by what you can see today. And while you're waiting for whatever comes next, enjoy the little things already in front of you—a comfortable chair, a conversation with somebody you love, a peaceful morning, and maybe a good cup of coffee. You can visit Cager’s Coffee Hut at www.cagerscoffeehut.com, and if you're thinking about opening that refrigerator again, don't bother. Nothing new has arrived within the last 5 minutes. But don’t forget to keep brewing kindness one cup at a time!!