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 Look like he was carrying all his books home . I thought to my self ,"why would anyone bring all his books home on a  Friday? He must be a nerd.I had quite a weekend planned ( parties and 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 him down all his books out of his arms and tripping himso 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 terribl sadness in his eyes. my heart went out to him.So I oggeds over to him and as he crawled around looking for  his glasses, and I saw a tear in his eys.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 come on his face.It was one of those smiles that showed real gratitude. I helped him to him pick up his books, and ask him where he lived.As it turned out ,he lived near me,so I asked him why I had never seen him befor. He said he had gone to private school befor now.I would never hung out witha private school kid befor.We talked all the way home,and I carried his books. He turned out to be a pretty cool kid. I asked him if he wanted to play football on saturday with me and 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 the best friends. When we were seniors, we began to think about colleae.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 or 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 himslef during high school. He filled out and actually looked good in glasses.He had and all the girls loved him. Boy, somethimes I was jealous. Today was one of those days. I could see that he was nervos 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,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 all 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 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 the 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 didt't touch your heart. As you can see, I took choice number !. Friends are as angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly."