#wholehearted

Mr. (Fred) Rogers

It makes me kind of sad, that I did not have the opportunity to get to know Mr. Rogers when I was a child. God knows this shy little geek could have used some of his wisdom, kindness and gentleness really bad.

Id did not learn of him before I watched the Tom Hanks movie in 2020. He just wasn't present here in Europe. What a pity.

If ever someone impersonated greatness by simply being caring and kind, than it was him. So much of what he did and said is so perfectly quotable and a fantastic example on what it means to be human.

I don't know when a 9 minute long compilation of interviews/apprearance of anyone made me sob so many times... sigh. (affectionate)

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The three secrets to happiness are:

Be kind.

Be kind.

Some of the kindest souls I know have lived in a world that was not so kind to them. Some of the best human beings I know have been through so much at the hands of others, and they still love deeply, they still care. Sometimes, it’s the people who have been hurt the most who refuse to be hardened in this world, because they would never want to make another person feel the same way they have felt. If that isn’t something to be in awe of, I don’t know what is.

Even when I box you up with the past

And place the chaos of your form on a higher shelf,

A deeper closet,

Or out to the curb

To be collected as trash

I see how you’ve stained my palms

In sordid details

Deeds spun of sorrow

Unquestioning;

I perceive the world through this scope

One of rigidity

One of branded morality

One of constant threat

Fight, flight, repeat

Shame, blame, repeat

You are a daybreak song

That can’t be unsung

I move through the world

Conditioned to the sound of your bell

Trained to drool at the ghost of your authority

In the wake of your shadow I wonder