I think the things below are very true, and just for your information, Nick and susan are just a subsitute for a boy or a girl... I'm very touched by the author of this short article...
In kindergarten your idea of a good friend was the person who let you have
the red crayon when all that was left was the ugly black one.
In first grade your idea of a good friend was the person who went to the
bathroom with you and held your hand as you walked through the scary halls.
In second grade your idea of a good friend was the person who helped you
stand up to the class bully.
In third grade your idea of a good friend was the person who shared their
lunch with you when you forgot yours on the bus.
In fourth grade your idea of a good friend was the person who was willing
to switch square dancing partners in gym so you wouldn't have to be stuck
do-si-do-ing with Nasty Nick or Smelly Susan.
In fifth grade your idea of a friend was the person who saved a seat on the
back of the bus for you.
In sixth grade your idea of a friend was the person who went up to Nick or
Susan, your new crush, and asked them to dance with you, so that if they said no
you wouldn't have to be embarrassed.
In seventh grade your idea of a friend was the person who let you copy the
social studies homework from the night before that you had.
In eighth grade your idea of a good friend was the person who helped you
pack up your stuffed animals and old baseball but didn't laugh at you when you
finished and broke out into tears.
In ninth grade your idea of a good friend was the person who would go to a
party thrown by a senior so you wouldn't wind up being the only freshman there.
In tenth grade your idea of a good friend was the person who changed their
schedule so you would have someone to sit with at lunch.
In eleventh grade your idea of a good friend was the person who gave you
rides in their new car, convinced your parents that you shouldn't be grounded,
consoled you when you broke up with Nick or Susan, and found you a date to the
prom.
In twelfth grade your idea of a good friend was the person who helped you
pick out a college/university, assured you that you would get into that
college/university, helped you deal with your parents who were having a hard
time adjusting to the idea of letting you go...
At graduation your idea of a good friend was the person who was crying on
the inside but managed the biggest smile one could give as they congratulated
you.
The summer after twelfth grade your idea of a good friend was the person
who helped you clean up the bottles from that party, helped you sneak out of the
house when you just couldn't deal with your parents, assured you that now that
you and Nick or you and Susan were back together, you could make it through
anything, helped you pack up for university and just silently hugged you as you
looked through blurry eyes at 18 years of memories you were leaving behind, and
finally on those last days of childhood, went out of their way to give you
reassurance that you would make it in college as well as you had these past 18
years, and most importantly sent you off to college knowing you were loved.
Now, your idea of a good friend is still the person who gives you the
better of the two choices, holds your hand when you're scared, helps you fight
off those who try to take advantage of you, thinks of you at times when you are
not there, reminds you of what you have forgotten, helps you put the past behind
you but understands when you need to hold on to it a little longer, stays with
you so that you have confidence, goes out of their way to make time for you,
helps you clear up your mistakes, helps you deal with pressure from others,
smiles for you when they are sad, helps you become a better person, and most
importantly loves you!
Pass on to those friends of the past, and those of the future...and those
you have met along the way...[crying yet? oh there's more]
Thank you for being a friend. No matter where we go or who we become, never
forget who helped us get there.
There's never a wrong time to pick up a phone or send a message telling
your friends how much you miss them or how much you love them.
You know who you are, pass it on to someone who you want to remind.
So
send this to all your friends and maybe those who aren't but just watch and see
who sends it back.
If you love someone, tell them. Remember always to say what you mean.
Never be afraid to express yourself. Take this opportunity to tell someone
what they mean to you. Seize the day and have no regrets.
Most importantly, stay close to your friends and family, for they have
helped make you the person that you are today and are what it's all about
anyway. Pass this along to your friends. Let it make a difference in your day and theirs.
The difference between expressing love and having regrets is that the
regrets may stay around forever.
Within 1 hour you must send it to other people. Within five days you will
have a miraculous occurrence in your relationships. You will find new love or
have an old love rekindled. If you do not send it, you will have once again
passed up the opportunity to do something loving and beautiful and continue the
trend that gives you problems in your relationships. If you've received this it is because someone cares for you and it means there is probably at least someone for whom you care.
If you're too busy to take the few minutes that it would take right now to
forward this to ten people, would it be the first time you didn't or that little
thing that would make a difference in your relationships? [oh the guilt!] And
the better you'll get at reaching out to those you care about.
Here's the deal: Forward this letter to at least 10 different people;
within 1 hour of receiving it. People who care for you and that warm glowy
feeling that comes from loving others.
THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT TO YOU BECAUSE YOU MEAN SOMETHING TO SOMEBODY.
PLEASE SEND IT TO YOUR FRIENDS AND THOSE THAT YOU LOVE. GROWING UP, YOU WILL
TRULY MEET THE FRIENDS THAT WILL LAST A LIFETIME AND WILL MEAN THE MOST TO YOU.
YOUR FRIENDS WILL ALWAYS BE THERE FOR YOU.
KEEP YOUR FRIENDSHIPS.....
thus it set me thinking, I think I'm very vulnerable to everything that happens around me and affects me...
sometimes I feel used and taken advantaged and used of by many people, but who's there to stand up for me?...
maybe it's because of my character and behavior of not projecting myself well in front of others and doing the wrong things at the wrong time even if my intentions were good...
maybe it's because I don't really talk much to make people aware of how I feel inside, the soft side of me, a far cry from the tough side you usually see me in...
who's there to share with me their lives and journey with me?
who's there to do those little things mentioned above that will create a huge impact in my life?
who will be there to love me?
who will be there to share with me my joy when I reach and achieve the pinnacle and milestones of my life in the future?
who will be there to reassure me when I'm in difficult times?
I don't really feel appreciated by many or yet alone loved by many, but all of you out there who are my best friends, you know who you are as your heart will feel that sudden twitch as you read this blog...
I'm sorry I'm not perfect and I can't be perfect either, but I'll try to be close to perfect...
I haved been foolish, insensitive, jealous, proud, egoistic, calculative, stupid, unloving, judgemental, and many other characteristics that aren't too good...
but neither aren't you perfect, "whoever who thinks he's not a sinner can come forward and throw the 1st stone at the her" said Jesus to a crowd who were there to stone a woman who committed adultery...
I love all of you, friends and foes, even though I don't show it, people who helped me along since my existence on earth and all who backstabbed me also, it's just that sometimes I get fustrated and angry and say things in a fit of anger and things that I don't mean it. I love you all...
I'm sorry to those whom I have offended and I'm glad and happy for those who have shared with me their lives and made me a better person...
I'm constantly trying to change and improve on myself, I bet everyone, including you are trying to do so too, but I'm still only human and bound to fall every now and then, but it's also through our fall that we learn from our mistakes...
remember it's from the bad experiences and time that we learn to appreciate and remember all the good time of our lives...
if there wasn't black, will white be differentiated from black?...
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so till the next post of mine, all readers who spent quite a while to read this long post, stay cool and chill for life is much more than just plain work and studies...
cya
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