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One day, when I was a freshman in high school,
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1 Y5 }* T4 D/ e7 o7 wI saw a kid from my class was walking home from school.3 B. R% F5 x0 n# m; E
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His name was Kyle.
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8 _4 W1 @1 v0 e' dIt looked like he was carrying all of his
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. s5 P( c4 R; B* A; BI 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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; b4 O @; z) O$ s( o, QI had quite a weekend planned (parties and a football game with my friends tomorrow afternoon), so I shrugged my shoulders and went on.. M% q) f t/ c0 P
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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.) S% K6 e1 q" k) x6 R
( O6 H; Z+ g; P3 E7 g; `6 e2 gHis 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( }( N$ T8 `4 _5 m
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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.! s. z/ F/ t* z+ z) k+ f
: o0 W" ]& ], q1 aAs I handed him his glasses, I said, "Those guys are jerks.
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They really should get lives.
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" He looked at me and said, "Hey thanks!"' j3 p) [, \. Z! J% J$ v
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There was a big smile on his face.+ L9 W3 [- \( p
- h; I5 }5 d% yIt was one of those smiles that showed real gratitude.
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( q( Y' Z9 \% e5 D5 {8 A( Y/ MI 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.$ Y* `- ?9 r! H: S3 v5 N
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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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& W( H7 Q% i3 S4 u6 q9 Q+ _He turned out to be a pretty cool kid., }3 F: h$ ~4 p$ R% \" _
+ f5 p( M) j( D4 sI asked him if he wanted to play a little football with my friends.0 O. @- H& h& C
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He said yes.0 ^6 p, z' @. h! C7 j# a4 }9 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.
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( }1 B' \, g2 k7 ~& c2 G, `Monday morning came, and there was Kyle with the huge stack of books again.
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; D: b. U1 O! c" N- y$ K) l) MI stopped him and said, "Boy, you are gonna really build some serious muscles with this pile of books everyday!" K9 {3 e! t/ b# y: P$ x6 E
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" He just laughed and handed me half the books.
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' K- A+ `( V: I! c3 |Over the next four years, Kyle and I became best friends.
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O6 `# C8 a9 M" u+ ~8 A) _% }5 I GWhen we were seniors, we began to think' _7 |1 N A/ ^+ X% w
About college.3 ?( K: R. M. x/ P
* n$ I" ]7 c) UKyle decided on Georgetown, and I* J8 X, m/ V: t/ ^5 u$ C
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" R- L& B& [7 o4 y! z
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He was going to be a doctor, and I was going for business on a football scholarship.
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$ ?2 _8 c; n& a3 w6 y; b) TKyle was valedictorian of our class.- a# ~8 d% R- ^& v+ [- {
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I teased him all the time about being a nerd.( Z* D) w V% @2 z/ ~+ P# r4 [4 h; F
' |/ f j& X" g/ OHe had to prepare a speech for graduation.( M0 j. N7 T) j7 y
3 ~) w) L: C2 g* lI was so glad it wasn't me having to get up there and speak& A+ V7 t6 z' E' ]; t8 i I
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Graduation day, I saw Kyle.2 r/ v" i0 o8 K5 x5 f/ D8 ?' g+ L5 j w
/ ~. H% d4 W6 f1 P) C! C' b# GHe looked great.
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He was one of those guys that really found himself during high school.$ v" e8 C0 e4 Q' |3 p( C
1 v9 A8 d1 p5 C& ]+ ?# H& tHe filled out and actually looked good in glasses.
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He had more dates than I had and all the girls loved him.
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. w7 ?2 _5 | |& {6 x8 NBoy, sometimes I was jealous.
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Today was one of those days.6 {2 d) M, K; K# @+ z# e8 D
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I could see that he was nervous about his speech.
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# T& `1 ~. ?+ p. xHe looked at me with one of those looks (the really grateful one) and smiled.& d; O3 g4 w2 c" E
6 z/ }6 l9 ^0 m6 U"Thanks," he said.
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As he started his speech, he cleared his throat, and began* @0 g! v' `; y a) ]
. i' {6 a/ w! G8 a8 \5 c+ \"Graduation is a time to thank those who helped you make it through those tough years.
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8 G0 r* E: C! iYour parents, your teachers, your siblings, maybe a coach...but mostly your friends...
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I am here to tell all of you that being a
& I L3 A( n8 S p% cFriend to someone is the best gift you can give them.6 i9 B0 V# E+ W# m' z$ ?
; U5 {3 ^& D! t/ c7 g# {2 R2 @I am going to tell you a story.") i9 m' h) c1 K7 i6 u
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I just looked at my friend with disbelief as he told the story of the first day we met.7 W+ l- Y: n9 N( Q
/ ^: w; z0 w. Y5 m# T& QHe had planned to kill himself over the weekend.$ }# `$ ]% p! d8 n* M$ N
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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.7 b8 I/ G: n/ c7 |7 g2 P4 z, t
1 @; j) P7 E+ e6 [/ k! g1 A% M! eHe looked hard at me and gave me a little smile., @+ ]. i" s' x0 Y4 L* Z
! |: _1 j8 B+ p- i: ~9 ^- A; M"Thankfully, I was saved.9 f' l I6 Z4 ^) e+ e/ a
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My friend saved me from doing the unspeakable."
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I heard the gasp go through the crowd as this handsome, popular boy told us all about his weakest moment.
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1 H' l( N: H; e7 \ dI 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.
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1 f. h; n! U3 eNever underestimate the power of your actions.2 o* L9 m$ k; Y
! j0 A% ]$ ?/ ~+ i7 I( C+ r& w6 WWith one small gesture you can change a person's life.
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For better or for worse.
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God puts us all in each other's lives to impact one another in some way.6 f7 M+ F N- A% Y) _. ~0 T4 F+ i
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Look for God in others.. M3 l0 _. ]* a& n% r# [
3 h" ]+ a! \5 ]+ fYou now have two choices, you can:/ ^5 H0 J/ F. N# d& m* f/ t
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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.) m$ V% @5 _9 r4 s' y
) s( ^9 |1 h$ d3 f2 i0 kAs you can see, I took choice number 1.
: p" q: \0 a$ [. e `: ^"Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly."/ Z! I } h. ?# V' r/ A
$ D9 B' ?+ J4 m* U- o0 {There is no beginning or end.. Yesterday is history." ]5 D% _1 v0 u7 o+ h0 M
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Tomorrow is mystery.8 h4 H' q% Y" J8 e- Y3 d$ p9 S
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Today is a gift.( b$ C% z2 \$ p( O9 [( E! {& @
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It's National Friendship Week. Show your friends how much you care. Send this to everyone you consider a FRIEND. V, z# |( U, y) g! B J! ^! a" j
; I# N+ q+ v0 e0 Y, ?; |) g2 |If it comes back to you, then you'll know you have a circle of friends. |
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