Remember the days when strangers would show up in your town and be welcomed by everyone.

There was no such thing as gossip or hatred or bigotry or racism.

They’d be welcomed by the friendly Sheriff who would drop by with a freshly baked apple pie courtesy of Aunt Bee.

Sorry, Mayberry only exists in our minds, but we would be a better nation if we would only practice the ideals that the town portrayed.

A welcoming society is an improving society. It is an advancing society.

Mayberry, the TV show, with its early shades of gray moved on in later episodes to a better world full of vibrant colors, giving every follower a fresh new viewpoint, and enriching their lives.

“Mayberry America” should aspire to be more like TVs Mayberry.