{"id":1120,"date":"2021-04-19T11:00:32","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T15:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/?p=1120"},"modified":"2021-04-19T11:00:32","modified_gmt":"2021-04-19T15:00:32","slug":"reflection-from-joel-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/reflection-from-joel-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflection from Joel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Fred Rogers pauses during a May 27, 1993 taping of his show ” Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo\/Gene J. Puskar)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Lately my four year old son\u2019s been requesting to watch Mister Rogers Neighborhood and as I\u2019ve been spending more time in the neighborhood of make believe with him, I\u2019ve also been listening again to Fred\u2019s subtle and profound wisdom of being human.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We listen to a recent \u201cbest of\u201d compilation of Mister Rogers\u2019 songs in the car and several of them have been named my son\u2019s \u201cfavorite song.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He\u2019ll learn them so quickly and I will have to ask his help me when I try to remember the words. One of his favorites is the song \u201cBe Brave, Be Strong\u201d \u2013 which is a wonderful stirring march of a song \u2013 which concludes with Rogers\u2019 spoken words:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere are all kinds of brave strong people in this world.
Did you know that you can be brave and strong and still cry sometimes?
Oh sure \u2013 even when you\u2019re missing someone.
Real brave and strong people are able to cry when things are hard.
But the one thing they don\u2019t do is give up.
They don\u2019t give up because they know that there\u2019s so much that\u2019s good in the world.
They keep trying and learning and looking and listening.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rogers has a way of reminding us to not be afraid of that most human part of ourselves \u2013 our emotions.
And for every grown-up listening in he gives such an important reminder that our bodies and our emotions are such an important part of who we are and caring for them is vital to our human flourishing \u2013 our health, our wellbeing \u2013 and those we care for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I found on the shelf this morning my colleague Kimberly\u2019s copy of the 2005 \u201cLife\u2019s Journey\u2019s According to Mister Rogers: Things to Remember Along the Way\u201d \u2013 a book of quotes from Fred Rogers for young and old on this journey we call being human.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And in it I found this quote that really hits the mark for me about caring for our emotional selves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnything that\u2019s human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable. When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary. The people we trust with important talk can help us know that we\u2019re not alone.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we continue to care for ourselves and companion with one another along this journey of life, may we be brave and strong enough to name our feelings and share them with people we can trust to hear us and love us \u201cexactly the way we are.\u201d And then we\u2019ll be reminded again of the good in us and around us that is the reason we continue not to give up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Be brave and be strong today \u2013 brave and strong enough to cry if you need to, to lean on a trusting friend when you need to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And know that we\u2019re here too to be that caring presence for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Warmly,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lately my four year old son\u2019s been requesting to watch Mister Rogers Neighborhood and as I\u2019ve been spending more time in the neighborhood of make believe with him, I\u2019ve also been listening again to Fred\u2019s subtle and profound wisdom of being human. We listen to a recent \u201cbest of\u201d compilation of Mister Rogers\u2019 songs in … Continue reading Reflection from Joel<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1120"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1122,"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1120\/revisions\/1122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}