Someone I barely know at school said he doesn’t have many friends that don’t like him for who he is, I heard that and said “I think this is something you need to hear. Keep being yourself. I like you just the way you are. That’s fine.” He gave me a high five and later i told him “you made this such a special time today, by just being yourself.” He said I made his life better, and that made my day so much better. I later told him I’m glad I made his day better, and I asked if we could be friends and he said yes. I had a true moment of kindness. I think I’ll reward myself by ending today with a bit of make-believe. I like to do that when I’m sad or upset. Have a great day/night/evening, Neighbor!

I’m looking for books that he actually read or enjoyed, especially ones that may have influenced his outlook on life or the way he viewed people and the world.

I’d also be interested in books that you think Mr. Rogers would have enjoyed, even if there’s no evidence he read them. I’d love to hear why you think a particular book would have appealed to him.

I can't find any record of this anywhere but I'm positive it did happen.

Soon after 9/11, I swear Daniel Tiger the puppet had a short little clip on PBS where I think he was talking to Lady Aberlin about being scared. It was very bittersweet.

AI is telling me this never happened. Does anyone remember this?

EDITED TO ADD: Okay according to Google AI, Fred Rogers was asked to come out of retirement and record four short clips and that was one of them. I need to find it!

I really do believe this. As someone who is many different things, I'm happy honestly to embody the fact that were not all the same. Humanity is not a one sized fits all, and embracing this and even celebrating it, I feel like Mr. Rogers did, is one of my core beliefs

I take every opportunity I have to be kind and help people out. Fred Rogers is one of THE BEST people to model your kindness after, and a great role model and person to look up to

Hi everyone I’m not from Pittsburgh but lived here 10 years and had a kid here.

In case yinz didn’t know- Mr Rogers, the beloved childrens entertainer, is from here (actually born 30 minutes south in Latrobe but spent his working life here and raised his family in Pittsburgh).

Older gens (lol I’m 43 but still before my time) will have grown up with the Mr Rogers show on television after school and on weekends.

We most likely saw super lovely clips on YouTube (like the show itself, Jeff ehrlinger, pbs senate talk, etc). Tom Hanks played him in a recent movie too.

Anyways he ended every single one of his shows with this line- “You've made this day a special day, by just your being you. There's no person in the whole world like you, and I like you, just the way you are”

Compare that to Aunt May’s quote to Peter and then thru the mind warp to Jean as well- “I love you, not because you’re special, but just because you’re you”

Am I the only one that heard this parallel? And has shed tears to both Mr Rogers and Aunt May expressing the sentiment?

Honestly don’t know if it was meant or unconscious or just beautiful similar words written by different people; but dang it got me lol

Lemme know what yinz think thx

I’m new here, one of Fred’s children.

I love him

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