This is a guest post by Wes Morgan.
Charlie Brown is a lovable loser. He can’t win at baseball or fly a kite without facing disappointment and ultimate failure. He has insecurities and is often taken advantage of by his peers. Lucy holds a football for Charlie Brown to kick, but pulls it away before he kicks it, causing Charlie Brown to fly into the air and fall on his back.
Charles M. Schulz, the creator of Charlie Brown, is the most widely syndicated cartoonist in history, with work appearing in over 2,300 newspapers. “There is a market for innocence” Schulz once said “I don’t think I’m a true artist. I would love to be Andrew Wyeth or Picasso…But I can draw pretty well and I can write pretty well, and I think I’m doing the best with whatever abilities I have been given. And what more can one ask?”
What makes Charlie Brown so lovable is that he possesses endless determination and hope.
What makes Charles Schulz so remarkable is that he nurtured Charlie Brown and the Peanuts franchise for more than five decades and remained humble and hard at work his whole life. .
You’re a good man, Charlie Brown.
You’re the kind of reminder we need.
You have humility, nobility and a sense of honor that is very rare indeed.
What could be more inspiring that the determination and perseverance of good ole Charlie Brown and his creator Charles M. Schulz? Both characters remind us never to give up and to the best we can with the abilities we have.
