Mr. Rogers Greatest Speech Ever!

[Music] oh it's a beautiful night in this neighborhood [Music] so many people have helped me to come to this night some of you are here some are far away some are even in heaven all of us have special ones who have loved us into being would you just take along with me 10 seconds to think of the people who have helped you become who you are those who have cared about you and wanted what was best for you in life ten seconds of silence i'll watch the time [Music] [Music] whomever you've been thinking about how pleased they must be to know the difference you feel they've made you know they're the kind of people television does well to offer our world special thanks to my family and friends and to my co-workers in public broadcasting family communications and this academy for encouraging me allowing me all these years to be your neighbor may god so many people have asked me do you ever get mad and of course i answer well yes everyone gets mad sometimes the important thing is what we do with the mad that we feel in life a few weeks ago on my way home from a particularly tough day at work i stopped to see my two grandsons their mom and dad weren't there but the boys were there with the babysitter in the backyard squirting water with hoses i could see that they were really having fun but i felt i needed to let them know that i didn't want to be squirted so i told them so and little by little i could feel that the older boy alexander was testing the limit until finally his hose was squirting very close to where i was standing i said to him in my harshest voice okay that's it alexander turn off the water you've had it he did as i told him said he was sorry and looked very sad the more i thought about it the sadder i got i realized that alexander had not squirted me and that i had stepped into his and his brother's play with a lot of feelings left over from work so when i got home i just called alexander on the phone i told him i felt awful about my visit with him and the more i thought about it the more i realized that i was taking out my anger from work on him i told him i was really sorry do you know how he answered me he said oh bubba he calls me bubba oh bubba everybody makes mistakes sometimes i nearly cried i was so touched by his naturally generous heart and i realized that if i hadn't called him i might not have ever received that wonderful gift of alexander's sweet forgiveness [Music]

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Length: 4min 2sec (242 seconds)

Published: Sat Nov 20 2021