Fred Rogers reflecting on his experience of being bullied as a child:

“What I actually did was mourn. I cried to myself whenever I was alone. I cried through my fingers as I made up songs on the piano. (1/3)

I sought out stories of other people who were poor in spirit, and I felt for them. I started to look behind the things that people did and said; and little by little, concluded that Saint Exupery was absolutely right: “What is essential is invisible to the eye.” (2/3)

So, after a lot of sadness, I began a lifelong search for what is essential, what it is about my neighbor that doesn’t meet the eye.” (3/3)