i like you

Ken 2022-06-19 19:16:21

I couldn't help crying when I saw 3/4... Somehow, could sense his sorrow deeply... Although this is not the subject of this documentary at all :p

Only recently learned about Fred Rogers. The father of children's television is also an ordained Presbyterian minister. There is an urgent thought in me, that as Christians, we can really be the light and salt in various fields to manifest the beauty of God. "A city built on a mountain cannot be hidden", and "a man lights a lamp, not under a bucket, but on a lampstand, and it illuminates the family."

Fred is full of wisdom and love, and his love for children is even more moving. He not only cared about them, but respected them. He conveyed to children the deepest values—compassion, understanding, forgiveness, acceptance, and more (that’s what love is)—in a language they could understand, a blessing to generations of children in America. (Expressing envy of these children, but more grateful to be a blessing to others. It's more blessed to give than to receive.)

Fred is a particularly real person. He is the same person on TV as he is in real life, and he who faces the camera is the real person in front of the TV. Because he believes that "one of the best gifts you can give someone is being honest with yourself". And he also believes that what is really important is what is invisible to the eye. What is essential is invisible to the eye.

Fred's theology is "Love your neighbor as yourself". He regards every communication with people as the most profound spiritual communication he is doing. He is convinced that "everyone desires to be loved and to know that he or she is lovable, so the greatest thing we can do is to help others know that they are loved and capable of love." What's so hard about love. However, I realize more and more that it is not easy to endure love. One is to reject it out of pride, and the other is to choose to avoid it out of fear of disappointment or hurt...

I always feel that a person who is liked by a child must be a loving person. Jesus is the perfect example. Fred is also a good model. He accepts & loves every child as they are. It seems that I started to love dealing with children after I believed in the Lord. Accepting & loving the people around you according to the truth is a very, very wonderful experience. I only have a little bit of experience, but I am already very happy.

It's you I like,

It's not the things you wear,

It's not the way you do your hair

But it's you I like

The way you are right now,

The way down deep inside you

Not the things that hide you,

Not your toys

They're just beside you.

But it's you I like

Every part of you.

Your skin, your eyes, your feelings

Whether old or new.

I hope that you'll remember

Even when you're feeling blue

That it's you I like, I still like you

It's you yourself

It's you.

It's you I like. I like you

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Extended Reading

Won't You Be My Neighbor? quotes

  • [regarding Fox News' attacks on Mr. Rogers' philosophies]

    Junlei Li: The criticism goes like this: "You told everyone they're special. They don't have to do anything to earn that special. That's what's wrong with our country. That's what's wrong with children today." I'm sure by then Fred had heard the criticisms, but he's not talking about entitlement. And if you don't believe that everyone has inherent value, you might as well go against the fundamental notion of Christianity that you are the beloved son or daughter of God.

  • [regarding the urban legends surrounding Fred]

    Tom Junod: That, to me, is just, like, a classic example of people looking at Fred in all his eccentricity and singularity, and trying to basically say, "Well, that can't be. He has to be this way."