Why We're Still Waiting for the Next Mr. Rogers
A podcast host asked me during an interview why there isn’t the next Mr. Rogers somewhere.
The answer is simple. It’s because that was never the plan.
Fred Rogers didn’t become a Presbyterian-minster-turned-unlikely-television-superstar to create similar on-camera kindness machines. His mission was to make kindness normal, ordinary, something we all just do.
The reason there’s no next Mr. Rogers is because we’re all waiting around for the next Mr. Rogers.
We can get so busy “looking for the helpers,” we forget we are the helpers.
Goings On
I was recently interviewed by my good friend & colleague, Dan Pawlus for his podcast, The Invisible Obvious. We talked about authenticity and accountability when it comes to creative work. You can listen here.
There are Forgotten Art of Being Ordinary Events brewing this Fall in Columbus, Nashville, & Chicago. Would love to gather with folks in New York and SoCal as well. If you’d like to host, let me know!
This week, my friends and I are wrapping up production on a project called What Happened to Kindness? It’s weird and fun and close to home. I can’t wait to share with you soon!