We Will Miss You Fred Rogers

"All I know to do is to light the candle that has been given to me." –Fred Rogers

WE WILL MISS YOU FRED ROGERS

All children lost a friend with the death yesterday of Fred Rogers. We share with you some of his thoughts:

"Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood."

"If only you could sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to people you may never even dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person."

"What really matters is whether the alphabet is used for the declaration of war or for the description of a sunrise."

"The first four years of life are more important in the developing of a functioning human being than the first four years of college."

"I love whimsy, don't you? If you're going to be working for children, you need to do your best not to lose your childlikeness. It's wonderful to be able to just be yourself."

When asked what the greatest event in American history was, Fred Rogers responded, "I can't say, however I suspect that like so many 'great' events, it was something very simple and very quiet with little or no fanfare (such as forgiving someone else for a deep hurt) which eventually changed the course of history. The really important "great" things are never the center stage of life's drama. They're always "in the wings." That's why it's so essential for us to be mindful of the humble and the deep rather than the flashy and the superficial."
 

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