 Hi, it's Bridget. Welcome to Above Life Channel. The purpose here is to inspire your spirit and to fill you with hope today. This video is brought to you by you. One of you viewers has submitted some questions for me to ask Fred Rogers. So we are going to be having a conversation with Mr. Rogers from the afterlife courtesy of you and your questions. If you want to know how to submit a request for a channeling where you choose the channel, go ahead and check out the description in this video. There is a link to another video where you can submit the information. Okay? All right, so let's have a conversation with Mr. Rogers. Come on in. It is such... you guys are just like literally want to stand up and shake its hand. I have such fond wonderful memories of watching Mr. Rogers' neighborhood at like 12 o'clock noon time in my parents' bedroom on the floor, leaning up against the bed, washing on the television right before I had to get ready to go to kindergarten. Back in those olden days, I did the afternoon kindergarten. It was half day, you know? And so before I loved to walk to school, I got to watch Mr. Rogers' neighborhood. So I love the PBS show that you were just... you're such an icon. So thank you so much. And I recognize too that you've been involved in so many other things and just such a trailblazer and in children and child development and just just got so much. So now that I'm gushing, he says, oh, that's quite all right. You know, he says, I can't really take the credit for all that. He says, I believe that a person does the best that they can do. And in doing the best that you can do, that's how you can make a difference. He says, it's simple, really. It's just a natural thing. It's just as easy as breathing. And you can make it something more than that and see some of us who you look to for what you would call inspiration. We are all just people. We're all just people and we all have a choice as to how we're going to live our lives. And I believe that we just do the best that we can. That's what's asked of us. He does not disappoint. Oh my goodness. Thank you, Mr. Rogers. All right. I mean, I know you said he just literally said, call me Fred. It's hard to do that. It's hard to do that. But I'll try. Thank you. All right. So we have some questions from a viewer from Maryland and they use their YouTube handle. So I'm not really sure like I don't have their name. So he kind of smiles it kind of chuckles at that. And she says, I think it's a lot. I don't even know. There's no gender here. So let's see. There's nobody. There's nobody more inspirational than Fred Rogers is what this viewer says. And here are the questions. I'm gonna make it real big so I can read it. You guys, I got my laptop right here. It's let's see. Okay, so here's your first question. Are you ready? Yes. Yes, he says, give it a go. Do you feel like you really made a lasting difference in the world? Or was it just only temporary? Because I think, I think everyone starts with an idea or a wish to make a contribution to do something that that is meaningful. And I feel as though for me, I was in the right place at the right time and had the opportunity with many things lining up. There were lots and there were lots of good people. He says many good people involved in the creation of our show. And I recognized pretty early on that it was a platform to help with understanding and to bridge some of the gaps between people. And like he's really showing me building bridges, which I this is that's such a sweet visual. I'm clairvoyant. So I see the imagery to and they share the messages. And I see building bridges. He's literally showing me like black and white photography and film and moving into an era of color where things are more obvious is what he's showing me. And so he's showing me there is a time where you you recognize he says there's a time when it becomes it became obvious that I had I was in a place a position to maybe share some things that bring reality, bring what what is real in form of a struggle and to offer some understanding. And you know, you know, he says, you know, children aren't just the only people that watched the Mr. Rogers Davorhood show. It wasn't just children. It was adults to, you know, their parents, their their grandparents, their their caregivers and so many were part of the audience. So that when you share something so simple and so basic, like like kindness, and you talk about kindness, and you show it through through a story and and children can really understand that. And in that way, you're planting the seeds for a healthier future. So the the the way is to take in those opportunities that you're given that are right in front of you and make the most of them. And don't over complicating things. I think it's part of the challenge now. That is that is difficult to move past and look through the layers of ways to communicate has has expanded and and that's a good thing that's good. But it creates a lot of variables of a lot of varied audiences. And maybe that's better. I don't know. For me and at the time that we were creating the shows that we shared. Some of them had a deeper meaning. Yes, yes, yes. And that was intentional. Yes. But when you boil it down to simple concepts that children can understand getting along with each other on the playground, sharing with each other in school, awaiting your turn at at lunch or or being utilizing good sportsmanship in a in a in a basketball game, you you can see that all of these things apply to all of us to everyone. And when you can take these simple things and apply them to society and remind adults to that the differences are things that are opportunities for us to learn and to to to be more connected to one another. And that benefits everyone is to have a bridge of understanding. And so so in our small way, we did that with the show and and and and to be real, real upfront about this. It wasn't just to me. I can't just say it was me. I am passionate about many things and helping to in some way to make the world better by by helping children and through the children, the parents, the adults, the others in their lives to become better people is something that is a worthy goal. That's a worthwhile. That's a worthwhile project. It's a worthwhile effort. So it sounds like you're talking you're talking kind of a little bit about legacy or that making the change in the world that perhaps maybe some of the people that are the change makers in the world today that are the change makers like the positive change makers, the ones that are for the humanitarian values and compassion and kindness and things that some of those people like my generation are the little kids that watched you. And even when I had my own children, they watched you too. So there was so much cultivated and seeds that were planted and continued. So I would say that the change that you made did make a lasting difference. And he's very humble. I'm going to show that he's very humble. And so I don't know that he's going to you know, he's like it's kind of like that's up to us. Like he just shared the stories. He just brought the information forward and and stepped into the opportunities, the invitations and things that he was given. And so that's how it feels, you guys. Okay, he's very, very humble. I'm going to say that. All right. So number two, do you think that movies being made about you, which I haven't even seen, I haven't seen the movie about you. Have you guys, if you have comment below, was it good? Was it not good? What do you think? Put comment below. Do you think the movies that were made about you in the last couple of years are reminding us to be kind? He says, Well, I think that's a part of a common desire. Don't you think it seems to me that the world always seems to be asking us to be kinder? Doesn't that seem like a reoccurring message, a reoccurring theme? Yes, yes. I can't say that it was me in particular, or that the directors, the producers, the, the, the many people involved in those kinds of projects, I can't say what their motivation was. I can hope that it was to remind us of the good in people and encourage that. But I can't say for sure. Yeah, kindness tends to be a theme. And I didn't read these questions before we started doing our channel, I just opened it up and made it really big so I could see it. I don't have my specs on my glasses on. So okay, so next question, Mr. Fred Rogers, you never wanted to be called a saint because you thought everyone could reach that level is what she's this person saying. But do you still believe that now? I'm not quite sure. It kind of feels like, I feel like the viewer here maybe is asking about all the good that you did for us, for the world, for humanity, that some people may have put you on a pedestal and, and that your response was no, no, no, everybody, everybody does this, I'm, you know, I'm the same as everybody as long as you do your best, which is what you kind of said in the first question. But do you still feel that way now? Do you still feel that way now? He says, there's a real, there's not a grading system. He says, um, the spirit of who you are is who you are. And it is up to you to listen to that. And to, to step into what you're, you're capable or able to do in your life, that that's that's up to you. And I don't feel like comparison or competition, those two things are not something that, that we deal with in afterlife in spirit. That's not a spirit component to existence, whether you're in, in a human life at the time, or whether you're not in a human life and just reflecting as we are now. It's not, it's not clear cut. And it's not a level of advancement that you achieve, or it's not something you strive for. There's an opportunity for help and assistance. And, and in that way, I'm glad to help. But there's not a title. There's not, there's not, there's not in particular a title that I would say that I have or I have earned or, or that others have or have earned either. That's, that's really much more of a need for the mind's understanding of things. But I appreciate the way the question was asked and thank you for the compliment. Alright, so here's another question for you. If you could come back to do something. Oh, to do to do some more episodes of neighborhood. What issues would you talk about now? This is all I think the same kinds of issues that we've talked about before. And just maybe going about it a different, a bit different way, you know, would take some, some doing to, to reach some of the, the young people who are so into the technologies of the cellular phones and, and social media's and there are different ways that I think we could, if we were to do the show now to, to reach more, more people. That's something that I would embrace and hire some really good, good people to be able to help to do that. To bring, to bring more of an awareness and to reach more people. Oh, Mr. Rogers, you have reached many people, multiple generations of people. I think in part this question is really curious. I think it's really curious about things like, like, what would you touch on, you know, environmental issues, politics? Oh, boy, that's, that's a touchy one, two, isn't it? War or homelessness or, or foster care? Like, what, what would you talk about? What would you, what are there any kind of issues that you see us here today now in 2020, when this video is being recorded that, that might benefit from a neighborhood episode. And then we would all be required to watch of course. Laughing, he's saying, patience, the simple virtue of patience is something that seems rather out of reach, and that we're pretty much, as, as society, pretty much out of touch with that, that would be something that, that we could talk about that could help in all of these areas that you're, you're, you're mentioning. It's not about the topic. It's about the underlying thing that can create the emotion that can touch the heart that can create the difference. And that is an individual thing. And it has it's something that you are that's felt. And so it's not a specific topic thing. It's a more of a feeling that creates understanding. So even if you deal with issues that are, are pressing such as, you know, racism, or foster care, and or divorce, or things like that, or different types of family structures, the underlying feeling that you are reaching for is one of acceptance. And it's more than kindness. It's really an acceptance in the appearance form and understanding. So now for topics, I would say patience. There's also you guys, he's also showing me an image of like a body awareness, body consciousness, like believing in yourselves, believing in yourself, I'm healthy eating, and ways that we manage our emotions and things like that he would that they would talk about that would you talk about like mental illness or mental he said we have, we have talked about that in a way that fosters behaviors that that create a structure for young people to think about things and think about the world and the way things are connected so they don't take things personally that are not about them personally. And even just to allow that kind of a structure to give them a way to think about things that that it's hard to think about. And you have to understand that there's a lot of different ages that watched the program and that would watch the program now. And so I think there's more opportunities there. Also, for bringing things together for bringing people together. And the two core you guys feels like understanding and acceptance. But then he also talks about patience and of course kindness is a strong one. But he says patience, that would be the that would be the next episode, it will be about patience. So maybe we should stream that on above life channel from the afterlife. He says, it's good work that you do Bridget, it's good work. Yeah, that we do that we do the viewers here are feeling the energy Mr. Rogers that kindness energy. Do you guys feel that that kindness that heart energy. I mean, it's inspiring. It really is inspiring. Alright, one more question, one more question. Alright, ladies and gentlemen, here we go. Is there anything that you taught us as kids that you know now to maybe be not very accurate or something that you may have taught us differently? That's a very good question. I think it's important to know that in time we all have changes, we all learn new things and when there's new information that is shared, you you learn from it just because we're adults and I'm I'm an adult in my adulthood, doesn't make me more doesn't make me immune to growing or learning. I think it's important lifelong learner you guys that's the phrase I get the title lifelong learner with Mr. Fred Rogers. There's not one thing in particular I think there should have been more when the opportunity was there to allow some social issue type stories to come more into the we have to understand that the time and you're governed by many things when you're on television and luckily when you're on public television you do have some more some you have more leeway and at the same time you you have to really weigh the variables of things when when when you're just on the edge of changing something like a thought pattern or a belief systems and things especially with some of the the topics that you mentioned and there are things that you have to approach from a human perspective not from the perspective of the topic like that the topic would seem to dictate naturally for example like politics and if there's an example like losing it he makes me feel like losing a president or like an assassination or something or a major like I don't know if they would have if he would have been in his show during that time like when Kennedy was assassinated or after it feels like there's a it feels like what I'm kind of seeing is like a show that talks about grief and loss like it could it would have had to been a major event like the Kennedy assassination or like 9 11 where he would do episodes or shows or there's shows a show around this and around like healing or the grief process it feels like that like there's a grief one or one about grief and loss and that there's a healing process so I don't know if it's a major thing like a historic thing like Kennedy assassination or 9 11 or something really big like that or if it's there was an episode where somebody died or they lost somebody that they loved and they talked about it and there was a storyline about it there must have been because that's what he's making me feel and he says just because I'm gone doesn't mean the only way to connect with this kind of thing that you want to connect with through through the program it's not just me it's you it's you you are part of the legacy you are part of the carrying on of the ability to make change just by being you just by because of who you are and it really is not complicated it really is that simple it really is the world is filled with good people it truly is and perhaps you watching this are one of those people there's no doubt in my mind that you will get through move through you will be aware of your goodness your tendency to spread kindness understanding and perhaps with patience there will be acceptance you guys are such a like he talks many kind of pauses many talks many pauses mr rogers this has been so awesome thank you to our friend from Maryland the state of Maryland in the united states the screen name is spot pz yeah that's what it says you guys so okay all right thank you so much for your time thank you so much for watching i hope that this concession with mr fred rogers and the afterlife has inspired your spirit and filled you with hope remember the purpose of the above life channel is to do just that inspire you fill you with hope and to encourage you to live your life because it's your life after all so live it just live it thanks for watching