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One day, when I was a freshman in high school,
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9 V; x. Z0 O$ Y! p: W$ q" [. C6 kI saw a kid from my class was walking home from school.
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His name was Kyle.2 C2 R# G9 Q3 {
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It looked like he was carrying all of his0 I, r$ Q$ n" s5 p3 X. K' ^0 ]' y7 v
Books.
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' e" v, y% o% }! ~2 q1 ^I thought to myself, "Why would anyone bring home all his books on a Friday?5 N. o( Q) i2 n1 G, g( P
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! G3 s/ f z' P) EI had quite a weekend planned (parties and a football game with my friends tomorrow afternoon), so I shrugged my shoulders and went on.
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As I was walking, I saw a bunch of kids running toward him.+ T ^# m; Z' m3 A% O
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They ran at him, knocking all his books out of his arms and tripping him so he landed in the dirt.
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His glasses went flying, and I saw them land in the grass about ten feet from him.2 P' G+ ]+ l5 H8 V& i# s; h
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He looked up and I saw this terrible sadness in his eyes
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0 c E J5 i* Y+ x5 sMy 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.% d V9 ~' S6 A" l- k
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As I handed him his glasses, I said, "Those guys are jerks.
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5 }% E: i5 \% NThey really should get lives.
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" He looked at me and said, "Hey thanks!"
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8 z6 ~$ l$ P' w( \; _There was a big smile on his face., O( S$ A: L) t" M w- }- _* u7 b3 s. u
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It 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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5 V/ _2 Y' E+ ^; FAs it turned out, he lived near me, so I asked him why I had never seen him before.% K/ V- D) D. Y, x
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He 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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We talked all the way home, and I carried some of his books.
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8 _% j7 o! b% C5 j, B* IHe turned out to be a pretty cool kid.
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4 C, M: S, W- O, ? jI asked him if he wanted to play a little football with my friends.3 @3 q3 f l1 ^0 Q6 g3 f
7 C9 @- B5 F& T8 B4 w' o8 j8 mHe said yes.* H) E( w' c5 L
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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., q) z g( U% k7 r1 `7 w4 C; s
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Monday morning came, and there was Kyle with the huge stack of books again.9 x. M( J4 ` g1 W9 ~' \ N
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I stopped him and said, "Boy, you are gonna really build some serious muscles with this pile of books everyday!" j1 L4 c, \% W
. H) P' ~/ a& ?3 E" v" He just laughed and handed me half the books.6 i; {5 R, Q6 `" D% F, j( @
/ u0 Q x9 }# ~3 e& B7 d6 U, ^) sOver the next four years, Kyle and I became best friends.
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When we were seniors, we began to think
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+ Y9 l3 }; _8 R7 O# HKyle decided on Georgetown, and I
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I knew that we would always be friends, that the miles would never be a problem.* I' D. z7 i: b, U3 p' Z
0 C# c4 N; [5 E) ?He was going to be a doctor, and I was going for business on a football scholarship.
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Kyle was valedictorian of our class.
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I teased him all the time about being a nerd.2 Q/ L5 p2 z" o* j. p
( K; x2 s0 V4 E y( eHe had to prepare a speech for graduation.
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/ S3 ^8 `* ~' V# dI was so glad it wasn't me having to get up there and speak" O; m) A: [# e7 T; T4 J" U, a- ^% E
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Graduation day, I saw Kyle.3 j; n0 B' f/ X' k$ j
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He looked great.
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He was one of those guys that really found himself during high school.
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He filled out and actually looked good in glasses.
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7 k/ \7 d+ X! ZHe had more dates than I had and all the girls loved him.$ S5 z. W/ t5 ?1 r0 F
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Boy, sometimes I was jealous.
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$ p" d4 M9 H' ~9 X- _* nToday was one of those days.5 O0 `/ d( e9 Y6 q* S0 }
6 T7 U6 X2 _! r3 b9 MI could see that he was nervous about his speech.
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& G8 S# g/ V8 y/ S+ I) B. Z. }( F- zSo, 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.
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"Thanks," he said.
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; }$ z7 H: R5 L3 [9 G7 y2 fAs he started his speech, he cleared his throat, and began
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- P% r% y5 G4 l7 b"Graduation is a time to thank those who helped you make it through those tough years.# j3 j' J+ I; ~ q( N
) E" e" {. V- r0 O0 dYour parents, your teachers, your siblings, maybe a coach...but mostly your friends...( L% u4 {% Q7 \: T
, K/ L, W6 d: i+ w* i$ q" N: bI am here to tell all of you that being a
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3 z: v, L* m8 fI am going to tell you a story."
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I just looked at my friend with disbelief as he told the story of the first day we met.7 R* P* |, o j$ G1 ?$ M
) N% \8 ~! X: \' ]5 S+ FHe had planned to kill himself over the weekend.
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He 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.* L1 \1 Z1 i/ {. R4 l
4 d4 N& B( J% N/ m2 ]+ P' b"Thankfully, I was saved.2 s j& n6 I0 h6 S# y
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My friend saved me from doing the unspeakable."
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$ z$ P: N; ^7 N- X L' t3 j. RI 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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6 M9 q6 m7 V$ I( _ V. PNot until that moment did I realize it's depth.
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Never underestimate the power of your actions.
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With one small gesture you can change a person's life.& |; I; [& G5 p+ j
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9 R" L$ r6 Z( w; i, E! ?8 gGod puts us all in each other's lives to impact one another in some way.
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$ m" j! i) T4 r- Z2 iLook for God in others.2 |) o% \' ~7 Y* F0 G/ b% y* X
' o! a, C% x8 t# `, vYou now have two choices, you can:
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& u9 {5 g" V0 ?+ X$ _+ U# s2 S1) Pass this on to your friends or
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8 [! W. I3 v+ u2) Delete it and act like it didn't touch your heart.. h" K4 u4 I, ~, l( T
7 r1 i& u8 W: S( c1 {% fAs you can see, I took choice number 1.6 P* ~4 W3 ^5 G1 X) R' P- W! x
"Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly."
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There is no beginning or end.. Yesterday is history.
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Tomorrow is mystery.% Q5 @/ y( d9 Q) l9 r- ~# R) U+ ?
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It's National Friendship Week. Show your friends how much you care. Send this to everyone you consider a FRIEND.# y3 B0 c) m: o z+ ~7 j3 h9 t
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If it comes back to you, then you'll know you have a circle of friends. |
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