My Precious Friends

Through out our lives, we have come across different type of people, from all walks of life. Its either their are friends... or fouls. Some of them have given us sweet and wonderful memories. They have left their mark in our hearts and we cherish the time we spent with them.

To tell you the truth, I am a very picky person. I choose my friends. Yes, I do talk to people lah. I'm not 'sombong' ok. I do consider myself as ‘kinda’ friendly person :p and I do love to meet people. But there are only a group of people who I would consider as a true friend and accept them in my life. For me, a friend should be:-
Someone who inspires you in many ways.
Someone who is honest and sincere in a friendship.
Someone who you can trust and makes you feel safe.
Someone who respects you and appreciate you for what you do and who you are.
Someone who advices you when you did something wrong... instead of showing face at you or keeping quiet and they start talking about it to behind your back. Cos I'm sure we don't have any intention of hurting our friends feelings or upset them in anyway.
Someone who accepts you for who you are and they done pretend to like you and they certainly don’t talk bad about you behind your back.
Someone who doesn’t compare you or look down on you.
Someone you can rely on and trust... Especially when it comes to secrets. :p You can talk anything with them and they always listen to you and doesn’t tease you or make fun of you.
Someone you know who would always be there for you when you need them.
Someone who you can share your sorrows with. They listen to you when you need a shoulder to cry on and will advice you and calm you down when you’re feeling sad.
bla...bla..bla...

Gosh! I can go on lah. Hehehe. Who would want friends with only the best qualities? And believe me, those who are all the above and have more charming qualities... I will be as all the above too towards them too. Cos friends like these are those you must value, love and cherish them for who they are.

So I wanna post this story to all my friends out there. Love you guys alotz..
Thank U Nas for sharing this wonderful story with me.
Who ever created this story... A big thank you to U :)

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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 Kyle.

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 friend’s 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 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 so me 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 Kyle, the more I liked him, and my friends thought the same of him. Monday morning came, and there was Kyle 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, Kyle and I became best friends..

When we were seniors we began to think about college. Kyle decided on Georgetown 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. Kyle 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 Kyle. 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=2 0was 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.
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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 others lives to impact one another in some way.
Look for God in others.

'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 a mystery.
Today is a gift.
That is why it is called the 'Present'