When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’ To this day, especially in times of ‘disaster,’ I remember my mother’s words, and I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers – so many caring people in this world.
Fred Rogers (via dearworld)
In the face of scary dangerous things happening in the world I always come back to these words from Mr. Rogers.
via apsies
(via mercycorps)
perspective puts people
in places you’re surprised to find them
like so far past a petty crush
at points of rants and secrets and sharing
to become an important daily presence
like splashing in the shallow end
kicking rocks and pretending to be weighed down
by your faults
like a distant memory of who you were
before you transformed into who you are
a pleasant reminder of human goodness
like caring for you in all the wrong ways
heavy with fear and hurt by your rejection
of a childhood loved but gone
like beautiful when you turn your head
just so, where no one else seems to look
instead of at their darker side