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One day, when I was a freshman in high school,- O% F P0 M! |7 M, v& A0 }
- f8 ?, v" d2 zI saw a kid from my class was walking home from school.
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His name was Kyle.7 N& {& H! j: ]4 F& ?
8 i! p) P# Y: p5 ?& B2 M1 C$ JIt looked like he was carrying all of his
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6 P. y/ U8 Z9 i! O, Q7 l+ |0 mI thought to myself, "Why would anyone bring home all his books on a Friday?
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He must really be a nerd."
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I had quite a weekend planned (parties and a football game with my friends tomorrow afternoon), so I shrugged my shoulders and went on.' p+ b& n `! B: |# j' s) b: m2 \
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As I was walking, I saw a bunch of kids running toward him.- j. ^5 {) H r! @, h9 H
. L+ C1 K2 U2 |: l* c" ~8 E. ?! a5 AThey ran at him, knocking all his books out of his arms and tripping him so he landed in the dirt.5 ?; B3 A1 m) V3 m: Z; }
$ r1 L+ p1 v9 M6 YHis glasses went flying, and I saw them land in the grass about ten feet from him.+ ?* y+ V1 s P4 j1 S. i
0 ?; t9 M' f! G) r! b' m- QHe looked up and I saw this terrible sadness in his eyes# F V' y/ G, y$ Z5 e9 J! i9 d
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My heart went out to him. So, I jogged over to him and as he crawled around looking for his glasses, and I saw a tear in his eye.+ H9 e; z- l9 n+ y" u* @
$ q5 Z h1 h' Y8 V; \* jAs I handed him his glasses, I said, "Those guys are jerks.1 A# {/ ]5 L4 n" k5 G: y
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" He looked at me and said, "Hey thanks!" |" S- x: |7 |1 u% M6 g
4 S9 g D' N; i# @There was a big smile on his face.
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. G4 g' ?# w. x- ?) ~ qIt was one of those smiles that showed real gratitude.
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I helped him pick up his books, and asked him where he lived.
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6 ?! H, s) @2 [5 n5 ]As it turned out, he lived near me, so I asked him why I had never seen him before.
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0 h7 Z3 Z% y3 ?" q8 QHe said he had gone to private school before now.
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I would have never hung out with a private school kid before.
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( T% H: a" Q4 S$ iWe talked all the way home, and I carried some of his books.
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He turned out to be a pretty cool kid.# U, i, k1 g5 I! {8 ?
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I asked him if he wanted to play a little football with my friends.
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' N9 ] l$ I- M4 ~) c+ BHe said yes.7 O" O8 A! M( F. \
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We hung out all weekend and the more I got to know Kyle, the more I liked him, and my friends thought the same of him.5 u3 L9 Q& [6 y: d* }2 V1 ]1 B" x
" R. @5 I, a4 k `' b1 gMonday morning came, and there was Kyle with the huge stack of books again.! G7 q: j$ Q, F
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I stopped him and said, "Boy, you are gonna really build some serious muscles with this pile of books everyday!" j$ x2 j3 e2 ^) \" g! W: w: ~
' }; ^/ p) ]7 u; Y/ s7 ^" He just laughed and handed me half the books.: e, V$ E- j. V* J6 B7 g: Z
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Over the next four years, Kyle and I became best friends.3 M) s9 n2 A `$ j0 A# l
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When we were seniors, we began to think
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Kyle decided on Georgetown, and I, i$ K: E! ]) P
Was going to Duke.
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I knew that we would always be friends, that the miles would never be a problem.( I; G2 P6 M3 W) A) h! N' e
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He was going to be a doctor, and I was going for business on a football scholarship.+ P5 n! _' h8 x E3 T
3 y. ?6 g- U0 l: K3 GKyle was valedictorian of our class.
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# O1 g$ F8 Y) E3 C3 A ]9 V4 c* iI teased him all the time about being a nerd.
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He had to prepare a speech for graduation.
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I was so glad it wasn't me having to get up there and speak0 G5 Y4 R: x0 C4 f8 ^4 x; O4 U
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Graduation day, I saw Kyle.
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7 F9 O, H2 H1 K& G4 `% `0 QHe looked great.
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% }7 l+ k4 T8 H2 r! U3 EHe was one of those guys that really found himself during high school.3 a9 i% V/ M. u6 ~) k
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He filled out and actually looked good in glasses.. \ v9 A0 }' U9 k
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He had more dates than I had and all the girls loved him.. ]1 q* j% z' T& [1 t
' ?6 \; U, O7 j1 I( TBoy, sometimes I was jealous.
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Today was one of those days.9 G0 q7 s8 ` C
8 u. E5 G+ o6 R" d4 [& [: p( W QI could see that he was nervous about his speech.
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So, I smacked him on the back and said, "Hey, big guy, you'll be great!"
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He looked at me with one of those looks (the really grateful one) and smiled.3 L( e; {6 r4 h" c! z4 ?* G9 O
$ F" G+ ?8 a% U% p"Thanks," he said.& P& {% O# {+ d6 |% C/ F1 ^
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As he started his speech, he cleared his throat, and began
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"Graduation is a time to thank those who helped you make it through those tough years.9 M6 Z6 y% r; f% Q/ A( L
/ s9 }7 ^. s1 M: \# W6 K* u" \Your parents, your teachers, your siblings, maybe a coach...but mostly your friends...7 M6 [" ?! M: ~9 c4 V
- }8 p$ ?7 X8 P- I2 R) KI am here to tell all of you that being a+ m" m1 B/ `3 t. L
Friend to someone is the best gift you can give them.
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! k4 Q( M7 _4 q% A% k/ O' w( `) F/ cI am going to tell you a story."
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/ z9 D9 d) x; \7 `& u# G0 PI just looked at my friend with disbelief as he told the story of the first day we met.
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* S4 U2 A3 j1 g6 w* s) W4 vHe had planned to kill himself over the weekend., J5 q- J6 f, _4 S e% m; k. c1 _
$ C- L) P) p) l( wHe talked of how he had cleaned out his locker so his Mom wouldn't have to do it later and was carrying his stuff home.
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He looked hard at me and gave me a little smile.
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% P& y, S4 w, G"Thankfully, I was saved., A) E' C6 k" o- e+ J) w* g* m$ }
9 N+ q( {2 z# W6 x% i8 ]My friend saved me from doing the unspeakable."
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4 m! y6 P: O( `. H% ] s1 R! OI heard the gasp go through the crowd as this handsome, popular boy told us all about his weakest moment.
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I saw his Mom and dad looking at me and smiling that same grateful smile.
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Not until that moment did I realize it's depth.! q0 {) w6 e4 C( {1 B" M
$ i! P5 i; P) ^, p0 c) FNever underestimate the power of your actions.
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. {! ^, t0 ^: w9 HWith one small gesture you can change a person's life.9 x# [. i# V9 w+ Y9 o9 V; [
% s' x7 {9 l. ?' m# g# |8 qFor better or for worse.9 g' S! l6 e3 P& h! {( o" g
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God puts us all in each other's lives to impact one another in some way.
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9 B& X4 R3 L! Y! d8 _5 oLook for God in others.
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You now have two choices, you can:
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1) Pass this on to your friends or
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2) Delete it and act like it didn't touch your heart.
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9 Q* P s4 F* v! TAs you can see, I took choice number 1.5 e) ]! }! j" P- \
"Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly."2 t. C( j$ q: B6 E- z- M; P9 A% D
+ U* J9 N- t% AThere is no beginning or end.. Yesterday is history.3 D; t" E) n6 Y0 P/ K' u- z
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Tomorrow is mystery.$ b, [7 C- a3 _9 r+ A
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# x6 Q: t' z; `( v$ C- |6 c0 HIt's National Friendship Week. Show your friends how much you care. Send this to everyone you consider a FRIEND.6 ]- w# M8 S" o
( y6 @7 d2 o$ YIf it comes back to you, then you'll know you have a circle of friends. |
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