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One day, when I was a freshman in high school,; R8 }6 O) R0 j
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His name was Kyle.
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It looked like he was carrying all of his
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I thought to myself, "Why would anyone bring home all his books on a Friday?; T( X1 Z2 m5 ?8 d- F- |+ j. ^
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He must really be a nerd."
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! p) L$ B: m* V H- `( bI 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.
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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.6 I# n' r0 K7 e: y3 B# c) o
4 E1 C$ x4 l/ |& KHis 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: H( b6 J7 r! y* c) i: K$ c
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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.# H+ b. k# s& b! T6 T
I+ z* R7 b2 N( B: @ [- v G, ?As I handed him his glasses, I said, "Those guys are jerks.
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They really should get lives.$ d& m& x' q) O" z; A7 g4 q7 W
8 y4 S# v$ [% \5 N- O+ Q. r$ b" He looked at me and said, "Hey thanks!"0 ^7 f/ S; O2 c% t/ |1 J. F
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There was a big smile on his face.) N1 \. p3 r. d
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I 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.
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He said he had gone to private school before now.
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! ^- N+ y! `7 E Y% lI would have never hung out with a private school kid before.
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2 E. r( X1 i y j) g% ]We talked all the way home, and I carried some of his books.5 {6 Z* K0 s/ r$ p/ [
# x% ^2 u+ j* XHe turned out to be a pretty cool kid.
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I asked him if he wanted to play a little football with my friends.8 J+ Y9 v7 p( S. J' @1 [
0 y5 h! q" b5 e+ `6 L- _: XHe said yes.* l) D; w7 L1 m" _9 p5 p1 ^
: o3 i1 H! ` H0 W5 f' fWe 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.) P5 P& O2 S! a4 Z8 o
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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!! \6 D, \6 Y |1 D6 k
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" He just laughed and handed me half the books.& D7 r! J3 p; u* a0 [5 {7 I# `
6 S" a [9 ~1 L$ oOver the next four years, Kyle and I became best friends.8 `$ s+ N/ n) @- P
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When we were seniors, we began to think" k N2 t2 g7 V! W
About college.' } c& J1 s; {
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Kyle decided on Georgetown, and I% w2 C# z( j; C# {; l
Was going to Duke.' z* U) p+ Z( L. X9 a* W3 E/ U
) u4 s4 G# z) m6 [: JI knew that we would always be friends, that the miles would never be a problem.
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* J3 n- x8 c* }5 t% p+ RHe was going to be a doctor, and I was going for business on a football scholarship.; R+ T! D' W" q9 h# ?
" W/ j" K* G7 y2 m4 \Kyle was valedictorian of our class.) n8 y. g) T5 X. Y. c
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I teased him all the time about being a nerd.
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]6 ]. ~8 |9 K1 M$ W+ W% oHe had to prepare a speech for graduation.
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. p/ J, W l7 v7 cI was so glad it wasn't me having to get up there and speak
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& W9 j7 D0 f( O' i+ ]7 w z* C7 Y9 }Graduation day, I saw Kyle.
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2 D9 S+ B7 n. z8 _; zHe looked great.
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1 Q' B" X' U' N8 {. l# B1 j7 bHe was one of those guys that really found himself during high school./ x# F! y; d( |
6 s/ e J( f, s' i/ p) a2 w6 s" jHe filled out and actually looked good in glasses.7 T4 q8 s* F9 C' B2 T
) X! s/ A* O, N" k' M4 sHe had more dates than I had and all the girls loved him.
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Boy, sometimes I was jealous.1 P) E$ l6 o/ H. d1 k
J0 a, Q& q8 `5 e# dToday was one of those days.
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I 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!"" v" z1 L8 w* v
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He looked at me with one of those looks (the really grateful one) and smiled.
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7 E$ f; ?8 u( W& y, @2 R"Thanks," he said.+ c6 z0 i8 ]# F c
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As he started his speech, he cleared his throat, and began* e# ^2 G: R5 ^. T
- @; T6 L' x- _"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...' w. f7 V1 y+ i& _
( m6 {5 e. S( m4 [ HI am here to tell all of you that being a
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+ m! I/ O+ U& ], `5 z+ AI am going to tell you a story."
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5 w# `; h3 Z3 u6 F9 \) X$ ?( CI just looked at my friend with disbelief as he told the story of the first day we met.! D- T T' q4 B& k
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He had planned to kill himself over the weekend.
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6 ]5 ]( O) p' Y( V7 @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.- y) n, _/ _8 }
9 ^% N" P1 v T1 p, KHe looked hard at me and gave me a little smile.
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"Thankfully, I was saved./ r/ w' w9 [" |0 b/ b' \
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My friend saved me from doing the unspeakable."
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, |/ g' o2 s, J% r' P4 h8 {. ~I heard the gasp go through the crowd as this handsome, popular boy told us all about his weakest moment.4 P2 u8 y+ |# a& ?# w
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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.) @; B) B- w$ y( {" b u
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Never underestimate the power of your actions.
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9 V. T- x: J) C/ k0 AWith one small gesture you can change a person's life.
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( e# W" r' @, q& ?- YFor better or for worse.- e9 I% O/ i* [ j
/ W" A8 D8 _- q3 C5 t' LGod puts us all in each other's lives to impact one another in some way.% O+ f7 D7 k# n: O
# N/ K3 n6 e& g2 n( ]+ c5 kLook for God in others.
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) m& G' k- K1 u Q0 AYou now have two choices, you can:% m' F- `: j+ F! e/ P v
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1) Pass this on to your friends or
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. H2 b; {' u! X/ e- B2) Delete it and act like it didn't touch your heart.3 w7 _7 J# ^( q, w4 Y2 g6 u
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As you can see, I took choice number 1.# E6 I9 ^) w4 T( ^( V
"Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly."
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% h6 W- Y$ C2 y) ?5 M/ u% `2 B6 ?There is no beginning or end.. Yesterday is history.' ~$ r; ]6 T4 e/ ?' `! x* E
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Tomorrow is mystery." m. m' S% ]% Q2 c" C: E1 q( V& i
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Today is a gift.. L+ H1 E9 ^6 r6 D; b# F% q
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It's National Friendship Week. Show your friends how much you care. Send this to everyone you consider a FRIEND.
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1 S1 r) X' h% j. U) V" jIf it comes back to you, then you'll know you have a circle of friends. |
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