Message of the Day: It's a Great day to be a Neighbor, won't you be mine?

Good Morning,

 

My current read is a book by Amy Hollingsworth, “The Simple Faith of Mr. Rogers: Spiritual Insights from the World's Most Beloved Neighbor” (http://www.amazon.com/Simple-Faith-Mr-Rogers-Spiritual/dp/1591452295).

 

This book brought me back. I am a first generation fan of the Mr. Rogers show. It first aired in 1968, when I was 1. My Mom had me watching that show, along with Sesame Street and the Electric Company among others. During the read I went to YouTube and watched some clips from the shows and also the clip when Fred Rogers spoke to Congress to get $20 Million funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in 1969 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXEuEUQIP3Q).

 

It is amazing to see that all of his love and desire to help children and adults reached people of all ages. Just as Fred Rogers reached Senator Pastore when speaking to Congress, he reached millions of other people.

 

His message every day, on every show was that each and every one of us is special; that there is no one else in the entire world that is exactly like us.

 

While this was a kid’s show, the message is still the same for us adults; that we too are special, in our own ways, and no one is like us.

 

Take that a bit further and you can easily see that each and every one of us has worth to the rest of the world. As we are unique, we have something to offer that no one else can.

 

We each can make a difference, and we each have something to pass on as our legacy as we go through our lives. What that difference is, or what the legacy is, is something that we will have to figure out for ourselves, but the important point is that it is there for us.

 

Just when we may start thinking that we are worthless or have nothing new to offer, we have the kindly reminder from our beloved neighbor, that we do matter and we are each special.

 

The show seems very plain and somewhat repetitive looking back at it, but in that way it is also a firm foundation that no matter how crazy the changes that go on in our world and in our lives and jobs and family, that there are some things that remain the same.

 

I would hope that Mr. Rogers would be proud of all of the people who have grown up with him through the years and have found what they are exceptional at and have given that back to their fellow person.

 

Well, I am going to bring up YouTube and see a few more episodes in The Neighborhood.

 

Enjoy!

 

 

Sanford Berenberg

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