What's Up Guys,
It’s the beginning of a new year and I am so thankful for each of you in 2011 and I look forward to an awesome 2012!! Gardendale Kairos Kafe Fans- We will not be making our January 2nd deadline for opening. It will be a few weeks out as the Plumbers finish Plumbing and The Electricians finish wiring, and the new Hood gets finished. We know disappoints you guys, but we are almost there!!! On a positive note we had an awesome time this week interviewing for Team Members at the Gardendale Store, and we have several of you local folks that we are very excited about adding to the Kairos Team. All we like is “finishing up” !!
The Special this week is a collaboration between myself, one of our cooks Roderick Hightower, and our Kitchen Director Brian Oelschlager. We are calling them “Sassy-Berry Steaks” because a while back Roderick had a problem pronouncing the words “Salisbury Steaks”. We all had a good time laughing with one another and in the end he decided that if it wasn’t pronounced “Sassy-Berry” then it should be in our neck of the woods, so we decided to go ahead and make it official. Don’t let the name throw you off though. This is some good eating right here. It’s a handmade Black Angus Chuck Patty grilled to perfection and seasoned with our secret ingredients, smothered in muenster cheese and then covered with one of the tastiest mushroom gravies that I’ve ever tasted. I hope you guys enjoy it! The Fish is the Greek Tilapia, a perfect thing coming from a Country Boy that has Greek Blood flowing through his veins. This dish was actually sampled a few weeks ago by a Pastor traveling through Birmingham that is from Greece. We had a great time talking, I loved his thick accent, and he gave me the two thumbs up on the Greek Style Tilapia, so that was pretty awesome. The Kwick Hitter menu will feature Mee-Maw’s Chicken and dressing for all of you that have been missing it, and the Coupon is for a free dessert, so there are lots going on in the New Year to be excited about at Kairos Kafe.
What I usually do at the start of a New Year is make a bunch of Resolutions that generally last me way into the depths of about the second week of January. (I think its okay sometimes to laugh at yourself, haha) Well, this year as 2011 draws to a close and I have so much to look forward to in 2012, I really don’t think making a bunch of grandiose statements to myself is really fitting to the occasion. For me anyways. I’m not knocking anyone. If that works for you then rock and roll. It just doesn’t seem to suit me that well. So I was thinking “Well, if I’m not going to do the traditional thing, then what am I gonna do?”
Here’s what I came up with. I’m gonna go back over the past year, and reflect on the things that I learned that actually made a big difference in my life. And then I’m going to apply my focus to continuing to do those things and learn more about those things. That really feels good to me versus dreading doing some resolutions that I’ve drummed up for myself.
One thing I want to take over with me into 2012 are some hard lessons I learned about thankfulness, gratitude, and praise. I learned this year that if I would be thankful at all times, regardless of circumstances, then I would not only have peace, but that I would also see miracles happen in my life in ways that continue to make me shake my head in amazement. A life filled with Thanksgiving and Praise is a life filled with miracles.
The second thing I want to take with me is this: It’s not about me. I was created to bring glory to my creator, and when I surrender my life, my mind, my time, my money, and my will to Him, then life takes on a fabulous new dimension. I haven’t mastered this by any means, but I am learning it, and I want to continue to learn it because I have found that when I come at life from this direction, then not only am I filled with joy, but all the deepest desires of my heart are given to me.
Thank you Jesus for teaching me how to have and enjoy the life that you have prepared for me and for those who love you. Thank you guys for supporting Kairos and I believe 2012 is gonna rock for all of us! See you soon!
James K Jones
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