I love Mr. Rogers. His birthday is coming up -- did you know that? I didn't, but because it is, I came across this article on <a href="http://www.salon.com/2012/03/13/where_have_you_gone_mister_rogers/singleton/">Salon.com</a> about him, and I fell down an Mr. Rogers internet wormhole. I had forgotten how much I love Mr. Rogers. From <a href="http://www.salon.com/2012/03/13/where_have_you_gone_mister_rogers/singleton/">Salon</a>:
<blockquote>Fred Rogers was fearless enough to be kind. Kinder in a single day than many of us can muster up in a week. He wasn’t embarrassed to be gentle; he was never too cool to be simply good. He championed “not buying things, but doing things.” He created the longest-running program in PBS history, and he didn’t do it with mocking or putdowns or smug superiority. He did it by being nice. And nice is incredibly underrated.</blockquote>
<a href="http://www.everydaytreats.com/2011/03/it-takes-strength-to-be-kind.html">I am not one of those people mistakes kindness for weakness</a>,