Serving Christ and Connecting Catholics in Western North Carolina
A favorite quote of mine comes from Fred Rogers, the children’s television personality. He shared how his mom would comfort him when he was a frightened child. If news events were scary, she would say, “Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.”
The Canadian novelist Robertson Davies once described children as “literal-minded toughs.”
Contrary to the common view that they have very active imaginations, children tend to take the world at face value, rarely looking beneath the surface. The recognition that one thing may be a sign of something else – much less that something material may be a sign of something spiritual – does not come easy to children.