is the our ultimate handbook to life, but this book was written by a man that I shared some of my life with since I was a very young girl. It is funny, I have never met him, but it is amazing how this man has had an impact on my life. His name his name is Fred McFeely Rogers (aka Mr. Rogers).
The book is entitled, The World According to Mister Rogers by Fred Rogers. The book is a compilation of thoughts, quotes and songs from Mr. Rogers and Mrs. Joanne Rogers wrote a touching foreword about her husband throughout the fifty years of their wonderful loving marriage.
There is one particular quote that stuck out to me this summer that hasn't left me. I wanted to share it with you. Tell me what you think:
"A high school student wrote to ask, 'What was the greatest event in American history?' 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 someone forgiving someone else for a deep hurt that eventually changed the course of history?) The really important "great" things are never center stage of life's dramas: 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."
Fred Rogers, The World According to Mister Rogers
What do you think?
I'm putting this book on my wishlist...sounds wonderful!!!
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I think I love Mr. Rogers! Rich who is now 44 was 2 when he started watching him. He loved the gentleness of the man. I was grateful to get a few minutes of housework done.
ReplyDeleteDo you know it took me to this year in my life to know that Fred Rogers was Mr. McFeely the mailman??
The great things are done 'in the wings' with no one around to applaud. The great people are the ones who are helping others, always givng and have good things to say to everyone.
Oh, and I fed the fish for you! >(:O)
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