I still love what Mr. Rogers says about what we should do when things are hard or scary. Here's a song about that. I think it's a folk song, but also a children's song.

V1 I once asked my mother when I was just a boy “How do we stop the scary things that take away our joy?” “How do we ever stop the evil and the bad? “How do we stop the things that make us sad?

My mother held me close to her and said she didn’t know How to fix the painful things or how to stop the flow Of all the things that scared me, of all the words that sting And then she told me “But I know a thing...”

CHORUS Look for the helpers That’s what you do Look for the helpers What they do for me and you When the world’s gone catawumpus And you don’t know what to do Look for the helpers They believe in you

V2 She said “sometimes they’re supermen, they take it all in stride, “They run out to the front lines and they’re not afraid to try, “They swoop down on injustice and they save the hurting too “They set us an example of what we are supposed to do.”

“But not all helpers have that skill, not all of them are strong. “Some of them are quietly correcting what is wrong “They hold a hand or wipe a tear or bring some food to eat “Or hand someone a blanket to give them warmth and heat.”

CHORUS 2 Look for the helpers That’s what you do Look for the helpers And how they follow through When the world is going crazy And everything’s a fright Look for the helpers, They will make it right

BRIDGE We don’t all need to be heroes, we don’t all need to be knights, We can be a silent second or we can break up fights We can mediate and moderate and bring us back to light Be a helper, not a hero, that’s all right

V3 She said it may seem scary when you look at what they do But remember that you're one of them and you can do it too The world's a scary place sometimes but it isn't every day And sometimes little helpers can help us find a way

CHORUS 3 Become a helper That’s what you do Become a helper And see it through When the world’s is dark and scary And everything is wrong Go be a helper That’s where you belong