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Loved this story. Made me cry. in WA

a <paula54@...> wrote: One day, when I was a freshman in high

school, I saw

a kid from my class was walking home from school. His

name was . It looked like he was carrying all of

his books. I thought to myself, " Why would anyone

bring home all his books on a Friday? He must really

be a nerd. "

I had quite a weekend planned (parties and a

football game with my friends tomorrow afternoon), so

I shrugged my shoulders and went on.

As I was walking, I saw a bunch of kids running

toward him. They ran at him, knocking all his books

out of his arms and tripping him so he landed in

the dirt. His glasses went flying, and I saw them land

in the grass about ten feet from him. He looked up and

I saw this terrible sadness in his eyes.

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. As I handed him his glasses,

I said, " Those guys are jerks. They really should get

lives. " He looked at me and said, " Hey thanks! " There

was a big smile on his face. It was one of those

smiles that showed real gratitude.

I helped him pick up his books, and asked him where

he lived. As it turned out, he lived near me, so I

asked him why I had never seen him before. He said he

had gone to private school before now.

I would have never hung out with a private school

kid before. We talked all the way home, and I carried

some of his books. He turned out to be a pretty cool

kid. I asked him if he wanted to play a little

football with my friends. He said yes. We hung out all

weekend and the more I got to know , the more I

liked him, and my friends thought the same of him.

Monday morning came, and there was with the

huge stack of books again. I stopped him and said,

" Boy, you are gonna really build some serious muscles

with this pile of books everyday! " He just laughed and

handed me half the books.

Over the next four years, and I became best

friends. When we were seniors, we began to think

about college. decided on town, and I was

going to Duke. I knew that we would always be friends,

that the miles would never be a problem. He was going

to be a doctor, and I was going for business on a

football scholarship.

was valedictorian of our class. I teased him

all the time about being a nerd. He had to prepare a

speech for graduation.

I was so glad it wasn't me having to get up there

and speak. Graduation day, I saw . He looked

great. He was one of those guys that really found

himself during high school. He filled out and

actually looked good in glasses. He had more dates

than I had and all the girls loved him. Boy, sometimes

I was jealous.

Today was one of those days. I could see that he was

nervous about his speech. So, I smacked him on the

back and said, " Hey, big guy, you'll be great! " He

looked at me with one of those looks (the really

grateful one) and smiled. " Thanks, " he said.

As he started his speech, he cleared his throat, and

began. " Graduation is a time to thank those who helped

you make it through those tough years. Your parents,

your teachers, your siblings, maybe a coach...but

mostly your friends. I am here to tell all of you that

being a friend to someone is the best gift you can

give them. I am going to tell you a story. "

I just looked at my friend with disbelief as he told

the story of the first day we met. He had planned to

kill himself over the weekend. 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. He looked

hard at me and gave me a little smile.

" Thankfully, I was saved. My friend saved me from

doing the unspeakable. "

I heard the gasp go through the crowd as this

handsome, popular boy told us all about his weakest

moment. I saw his Mom and dad looking at me and

smiling that same grateful smile. Not until that

moment did I realize it's depth.

Never underestimate the power of your actions. With

one small gesture you can change a person's life. For

better or for worse.

God puts us all in each other's lives to impact one

another in some way. Look for God in others.

You now have two choices, you can:

1) Pass this on to your friends or

2) Delete it and act like it didn't touch your heart.

As you can see, I took choice number 1. " Friends are

angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have

trouble remembering how to fly. "

There is no beginning or end..Yesterday is history.

Tomorrow is mystery.

Today is a gift.

It's National Friendship Week. Show your friends how

much you care. Send this to everyone you consider a

FRIEND. If it comes back to you, then you'll know you

have a circle of friends.

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