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One day, when I was a freshman in high school,- }, e. j. O: r I
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I saw a kid from my class was walking home from school.
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His name was Kyle.. U' ]" t9 R7 ~ z D: h$ I
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It looked like he was carrying all of his( A" f; p$ W9 Q5 A* e. q1 b0 Y
Books.1 R5 K! N. M: x/ w( D
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I 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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9 H! w2 h @' vI 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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. u" P' w( H6 C1 g. n& z, ]. T, U) MAs I was walking, I saw a bunch of kids running toward him.
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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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: _; @4 R4 H+ b" xHis glasses went flying, and I saw them land in the grass about ten feet from him.
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He looked up and I saw this terrible sadness in his eyes
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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.
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As I handed him his glasses, I said, "Those guys are jerks.8 _1 j, s5 a/ C$ _
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They really should get lives.
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" He looked at me and said, "Hey thanks!"5 g7 z0 r' M" F: L* `0 Z; d
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There was a big smile on his face.2 W, k2 `- O+ m1 t3 f) Y
6 G$ R, `/ e( k9 P; FIt was one of those smiles that showed real gratitude.
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+ B6 x- U5 B- S9 z- `, o# Z" EI helped him pick up his books, and asked him where he lived.
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As it turned out, he lived near me, so I asked him why I had never seen him before.! L D+ K3 I9 [4 h& |8 s! }
8 l: D9 N$ M3 i9 B" QHe said he had gone to private school before now.: O# P# U3 e; ]% k
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I would have never hung out with a private school kid before.
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7 ~- B$ U3 S+ ]# r7 BWe talked all the way home, and I carried some of his books.! }7 @& E; e- B' P/ M
/ o% r. s( Z# I. q9 E! dHe turned out to be a pretty cool kid.: x; T. G5 h D
3 B5 [5 H* r; M1 P8 \. m+ zI asked him if he wanted to play a little football with my friends.
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9 p$ Y% G" w, Q- z+ V' WHe said yes.9 A; @0 l$ k9 c4 c$ T
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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.) V5 S2 k4 b! c% x; ?/ a2 L0 Q8 z
( @. @1 p3 `; }Monday morning came, and there was Kyle with the huge stack of books again.
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I stopped him and said, "Boy, you are gonna really build some serious muscles with this pile of books everyday!
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" He just laughed and handed me half the books.$ w. p9 J$ o' I: f" l( g& L& b
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Over the next four years, Kyle and I became best friends.- n7 w" L! Z6 u0 T+ P
+ c- _: j9 o* D1 U1 iWhen we were seniors, we began to think# v+ h# W; H4 S6 E8 I" |+ U
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Kyle decided on Georgetown, and I4 ?) C0 X ]$ \" C) t1 I
Was going to Duke.* _4 v1 I) s; a
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I knew that we would always be friends, that the miles would never be a problem.7 [4 f& f% j( {- t
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He was going to be a doctor, and I was going for business on a football scholarship.4 N1 O: {, N1 b1 s, I& A
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Kyle was valedictorian of our class.' Y F6 }& {$ e3 p2 ^
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I teased him all the time about being a nerd.- m2 A6 h# f. F, h8 Q
7 ~5 k# L) _& G8 k1 I4 ]0 gHe had to prepare a speech for graduation.7 M- @1 P( l8 A j- g+ X0 R
# E3 ?% n8 |5 H' D7 m/ z( e3 OI was so glad it wasn't me having to get up there and speak0 T; w/ e/ [8 I* V
8 j# [2 r& d* X# X, vGraduation day, I saw Kyle.
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4 j8 y$ Y( O. d5 \He looked great.4 }1 w6 O$ v9 e- f
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He was one of those guys that really found himself during high school.7 c; n+ ?- J2 O6 a
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He filled out and actually looked good in glasses.
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! K: G0 N) ^3 k- Q0 cHe had more dates than I had and all the girls loved him.7 f$ {3 D$ J; F3 Q# B3 k
+ {$ Y7 z* S3 u8 R& X; N6 p: ~Boy, sometimes I was jealous." u# s) Q) p' N6 e: w: N
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Today was one of those days.
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I could see that he was nervous about his speech.
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7 N/ f7 L! M6 c/ P$ m. Q0 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.1 [; L/ f: z6 }- p! q; m
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"Thanks," he said.
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As he started his speech, he cleared his throat, and began
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, T' r( I' u2 J" O"Graduation is a time to thank those who helped you make it through those tough years.
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Your parents, your teachers, your siblings, maybe a coach...but mostly your friends...
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7 [5 ?& M' g4 U# B) uI am here to tell all of you that being a8 r, s5 o# ^$ y% F( x h
Friend to someone is the best gift you can give them.
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) Z% e1 D/ g% I8 A4 vI 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.8 G: L" u+ t6 \5 i! `, I
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He 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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( G8 e9 O8 i4 sHe looked hard at me and gave me a little smile.
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"Thankfully, I was saved.) R! i" F* d( L5 b0 A
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My friend saved me from doing the unspeakable."' d- ~+ t0 z9 V1 y8 T' l+ s( w
_$ v f0 o! y7 s) ]2 Q$ RI heard the gasp go through the crowd as this handsome, popular boy told us all about his weakest moment.' X" I* d& E1 F- d3 B
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I saw his Mom and dad looking at me and smiling that same grateful smile.+ J5 G! K/ [3 p$ p9 S
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Not until that moment did I realize it's depth.
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Never underestimate the power of your actions.& Y, g. b; j- \. L0 l
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With one small gesture you can change a person's life.! X7 n7 X, z7 r1 g
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For better or for worse.& J! u. N R# {8 Z% D+ t
. i9 z( L. [+ S9 G; r/ mGod puts us all in each other's lives to impact one another in some way.6 M, v3 i6 f1 ?8 i' `% G9 _
( \# g; ]- [) J7 [1 m* Z" eLook for God in others.' M& Z' |" d( S7 b$ M3 L$ P
8 G3 F; d @; |! WYou now have two choices, you can:
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( b$ ?- x+ T2 W1) Pass this on to your friends or4 I( \) u2 l5 V* ]
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2) Delete it and act like it didn't touch your heart.6 B7 ~8 I# I* Y# Z
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As you can see, I took choice number 1.
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5 S1 q7 D' r' b7 Z6 hThere is no beginning or end.. Yesterday is history./ N1 l' Z+ X, {$ [- L% }
6 Y: Z J. q6 N0 B; `9 s) w. p. ]3 rTomorrow is mystery.8 Y- g$ J% S6 \5 A d: [( c& k; t
& o) g4 [: U* k1 D7 y4 EToday is a gift.. X; P% O; v" L1 s& b _. A
1 N7 x ~& c- ]( c/ y! vIt's National Friendship Week. Show your friends how much you care. Send this to everyone you consider a FRIEND.
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# O t- w$ Z) [! q% M$ ^& ~5 y) H* WIf it comes back to you, then you'll know you have a circle of friends. |
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