Mr. Rogers: "Look for the helpers."

[WilliamPitt]

[nolabear]

1. Been seeing this a lot today. Some of the best words I've ever read.

He was a good man. People like him keep me going at times like this.

[gademocrat7]

3. K & R

[KoKo]

9. I think the "Good Voices" get drowned out these days....

If you aren't Dick Cheney/Donald Rumsfeld's kind of Mind Think...then you are a WEENIE TERRORIST...looking like you are "Up to No Good." So if you are upset with what goes on these days...you get put on meds as a kid...and you are sure to be "marked" as disfuntional somewhere along the way.

If your family is wealthy and you have emotional problems ..then it's covered up... When you buy the Guns or do Plotting to Bomb People...then it's "under the wire."

Just some stuff I'm thinking about about what all is going on these days. It would take serious discussion and focus from leading Psychiatrists, Sociologists and some forward thinking folks in our Medical Profession to sort out what's going on out there. But, then the Koch Brothers and Petersen Foundation would make sure that NO REAL SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY would ever be brought to light on these issues....because they OWN IT ALL... Why would they bother...and WHO ELSE HAS MONEY to do these studies that might explain historically what is going on out there with creative minds being medicated...when they are babes...and the folks who need REAL MED HELP...sort of go "under the wires."

[myrna minx]

2. Mr Rogers was such a treasure.

[KoKo]

4. He was...and "Look for the Helpers"...they are out there...and

"NEVER FEAR" Mr. Rogers taught those who listened..(and must have been a minority of our WALL STREET CROWD) that "if you do good it will come back to you...and if you hold your ground..the good will come."

That message was heard by MANY...but the rest were Watching Cartoons (as they were called in those days) or, as the grew up.."Animal House" (which was an excellent movie) ...but John Hughes Movies had more of the HUMANITY.

It ain't about Repugs and Dems... It's about Mr. Rogers vs. Animal House Mentality.

And...believe me I understand that there are those here who come from BOTH SIDES...so it' isn't just about REPUGS vs. DEMS.

It's about PHILOSOPHY of LIFE...and how it can be PRACTICES for either GOOD or INDIVIDUALISTIC view as your PATH in Life...

[Ninga]

5. First my children, then my grandchildren...Mr. Rogers captivated them all.

Thanks for reminding us to look for the helpers.

[KoKo]

6. ...1

[graham4anything]

7. Yes! The helpers who aided and abetted should be heavily charged, I agree 100%.

reminds me when Dr. Tiller was killed, that there were a network of people that helped the asssassin.
Fed him, housed him, etc.
All those people are equally guilty.
So yes, find the people who are the helpers.

And if you see something, REPORT IT.

As Benjamin Franklin said, "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure".

Somebody sells something.Someone manufactures something.
Somebody helps with the chain of events that lead up.
No one works in a vacuum alone.

Kevin McCarthy might have been reporting something when he yelled out but nobody listened that they are here.

And as Paul Simon said "Silence like a cancer grows".

If you see something suspicious, report it.

[TalkingDog]

20. Oh yay. Way to make it all about being dark and bitter rather than helping people cope.

You're doing a good job. :/

[SalviaBlue]

24. Point missed.

Feel free to try again.

[graham4anything]

31. I love Mr. Rogers too. He and Mike Bloomberg were friends, After Conn. Mr. Rogers

would have been on the side of Joe Biden-Gabbie Giffords and Mike Bloomberg, who are against the guns/bullets that killed the kids in Conn.

Mike and Fred are both friends of the Arts and Mike was always a PBS supporter, long before anyone ever heard of the Mayor Mike.

Mr. Rogers would have been a big supporter of President Obama and been on his side
the last 4 years and a few months since he took office, and would have been a big supporter of Hillary had she won.

IMHO

Because the republicans & tea party hate PBS with a passion.

Of course, on his tv show, there was no politics.
But we are all adults here.

And of course, the first responders who so valiently gave their life on 9-11, and who rushed to the scene here, in Boston, then in NYC.

a famous moment from Mr. Roger's neighborhood
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[Hekate]

8. Mr. Rogers' special broadcast to parents after 9-11 was so important

Bless his memory forever.

[Dorian Gray]

27. I love the Rog

and was so glad we were neighbors (in the figurative we watched him on television sense) for years.

[Terra Alta]

10. God bless Mr. Rogers.

Such comforting words in times like this...

[KoKo]

11. Encouraging Words...and Thanks for This!

[Skittles]

12. lool for, and appreciate, those helpers ALWAYS

[Demoiselle]

13. I used to sit with my kids when they watched Mr. Rogers.

Actually, they sat with me while I watched him. I always liked it when he told me I was a Very Special Person.
Sweet, good man. Very smart about people, too.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

14. My first ever celebrity hero.

From as young as I could remember.

[avaistheone1]

15. So true.

I believe there a lots of good people in the world and they are the helpers.

[calimary]

22. Isn't that something like the Ann Frank quote?

Paraphrasing -

"I still believe people are basically good at heart."

[longship]

16. Mr. Rogers, "Garden of Your Mind"

A remix by the guy who does Symphony of Science, John D. Boswell.

A positive video that calms the soul.

Of course, there's also one with Bob Ross, "Happy Little Clouds":

And one with Julia Child, "Keep on Cooking":

Positive waves for everybody. No more negative waves, Moriarity.

[Arkansas Granny]

23. I have seen these on PBS and for some reason they just creep me out.

[longship]

30. Sorry about that.

I find them kind of nice, and I am not even a Bob Ross fan.

My favorite Boswell auto tune is We are all connected. It features the drumming of Nobel Laureate Richard Feynman as the base of the rhythm of the tune. I find it astoundingly good.

[SalviaBlue]

25. Garden of your Mind is priceless.

I'll have to look at the others later.

I love Mr. Rogers.

[myrna minx]

26. Thank for posting these. These made a friend of mine who is

hurting feel a little bit better. Thank you WGBH too for more Boston pride.

[longship]

28. You are welcome. I thought they would fit this thread.

The Bob Ross one is somehow comforting. I rarely watched his program, but when I did, I couldn't turn it off. And Julia Child was... Well, she was unique and wonderful as well.

Peace, my friend.

[lexw]

17. Words I can keep for the rest of my life. Thanks for posting this!

[ZRT2209]

18. omg

[Libertas1776]

19. thank you

i needed to see this.

[calimary]

21. A keeper. I love this. And I still love him, too.

Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.

So simple, and so pure, and so true.

[Mojorabbit]

29. It is a comforting quote. nt

[Bernardo de La Paz]

32. Man, that is such good wisdom for children. Thanks!