Be the heroes

Mr. Rogers said, ""When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, 'Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping."  I'd like to push that one step further to encourage each of us to consider how we can be that helper, be the one to represent hope. Courage is contagious, and it's up to each of us to be the spark. And if at first we don't succeed, we just have to keep pushing ourselves. Maya Angelou wrote, "When you know better, do better." Mistakes don't let us off the hook. They are all the more reason to lean in, to learn from our failures, and to come out the other side stronger. That is how we honor the light within ourselves and each other.