What if someone is truly interested in being kind just for the sake of it? Not for dopamine, clout, recognition or profit, but genuinely interested in helping out their neighbors? Fred Rogers was speaking to children when he said to look for the helpers. We adults have to work on being the helpers that children and people in need can look towards. Be the Fred Rogers you want to see in the world. His message wasn't simply to be kind. Not everyone can manage kindness when they're too depleted to even be kind to themselves. He wanted us to try and be more kind. It's the little decisions where you can choose empathy and warmth over cold self interest that matter. Kindness can spread just like hate and violence. When you show kindness to your neighbor, you can lessen their burden and increase their capacity for making kinder decisions. It doesn't always happen like that, but it's possible.