Won't you be my neighbor?

Have you seen the new documentary about Mister Rogers?

Won't You Be My Neighbor? is being released this summer, 50 years after the first episode of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood aired on public television. It's a timely reminder of the good that one individual can accomplish through a message of compassion and neighborly love.  

Do you remember the opening song?

It's a beautiful day in this neighborhood,
A beautiful day for a neighbor,
Would you be mine?
Could you be mine?

It's a neighborly day in this beautywood,
A neighborly day for a beauty,
Would you be mine?
Could you be mine?

I have always wanted to have a neighbor just like you,
I've always wanted to live in a neighborhood with you.

So let's make the most of this beautiful day,
Since we're together, we might as well say,
Would you be mine?
Could you be mine?
Won't you be my neighbor?

Won't you please,
Won't you please,
Please won't you be my neighbor?

Think of that...

What if we were to treat each other with that kind of warmth?

What if we could honestly tell each other we WANT to be neighbors?

"I have always wanted to have a neighbor just like you."

If we can start from a place of neighborly trust and compassion, 
surely the purple points won't be so hard to find.

Do you remember how he closed each episode?

"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."

Powerful words.
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Thank you for being you, Mr. Rogers.