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上高一時的一天，我在放學路上看到了同班的一個男孩，名叫凱爾。他好像把所有的書都帶上了。我心想：“誰會在周末把書都帶回家??？他一定是個書呆子?！蔽业闹苣┮呀浻辛擞媱潱▍⒓泳蹠魈煜挛绾团笥讶ヌ咦闱颍虼宋衣柭柤?，繼續往前走。

正走著，我看到一幫孩子朝他跑去。他們沖過去打掉凱爾懷中的書，并將他絆倒在泥地上，眼鏡也飛了出去，落在離他約10英尺遠的草地上。他揚起臉朝上看時，我看到了他眼中的悲哀。我有些同情他，于是跑到他身邊。當時，他正趴著找眼鏡，我看到他的眼中噙著淚水。我把眼鏡遞給他，說：“他們簡直無聊透頂，真應該受到懲罰?！彼粗艺f：“嗨，謝謝！”然后很燦爛地笑了。那個笑容展現了真正的感激之情。

我幫他撿起書，問他住在哪里。原來他跟我住得很近，于是我問為什么從未見過他。他說他以前在一家私立學校上學。在這之前，我是從來不與私立學校的孩子打交道的。我幫他抱著一些書，和他聊了一路。他很帥，很酷。我問他是否愿意和我們一起踢足球，他同意了。于是我們玩了一個周末。而且我對凱爾有了更深的了解，也更喜歡他了，我的朋友們也有同感。

星期一的早上，他又抱著那一大堆書。我擋住他，說：“好家伙，你真要每天抱著這些書鍛煉肌肉??！”他只是微微一笑，把半摞書遞給我。接下來的四年中，我們成了最好的朋友。臨畢業時，我們開始考慮上大學的事。凱爾決定上喬治敦大學，而我準備去杜克大學。我知道距離不是問題，我們永遠都是朋友。他想當一名醫生，而我獲得了橄欖球獎學金，準備去學商務。

凱爾將代表我們班致告別辭。我一直取笑他是個書呆子。他要為畢業典禮準備演講稿，而我真開心自己不用上去演講。畢業那天，我看到了凱爾，他簡直帥呆了。在高中，他簡直如魚得水。他長大了，帶著眼鏡的樣子看起來很棒。他的約會比我還多，所有的女孩子都喜歡他。好家伙，有時我還真嫉妒他，今天就是。看得出，他對演講有些緊張，于是我拍拍他的背，說：“嗨，棒小伙，你會是最棒的！”他看著我笑了，神情中依然帶著那種真誠的感激。“謝謝?！彼f。

他準備演講時，先清了清嗓子，然后開始了。“畢業之際，要感謝那些曾在我們艱難時伸出援手的人。他們是我們的父母、老師、兄弟姐妹，或者是某個輔導員，但大部分還是我們的朋友。在此，我想告訴在座的所有人，做某人真正的朋友是你給予他們的最好禮物。我想給大家講一個故事?！蔽译y以置信地看著我的朋友，聽他講起我們第一天認識的情形。他曾計劃在那個周末后自殺。他講他如何清空鎖柜，將所有東西帶回家，以便他的媽媽將來不必再清理。他努力地看著我，對我微微一笑?！案屑さ氖?，我得救了。我的朋友救了我，使我沒做那種可怕的傻事?！?

當這個帥氣、受歡迎的男孩講述了他最脆弱的時刻時，我聽到人群中一片驚訝聲。我看到他的父母在看我，并同樣感激地對我微笑著。直到那一刻，我才真正意識到那個微笑的意義。永遠不要低估你行為的力量。你不經意間的一個小舉動也許會改變一個人的命運。無論福禍，上帝讓我們介入彼此的生活，并以某種方式影響著對方。從他人的身上去尋找上帝的影子。正如你所知，“當我們的翅膀受傷不能飛翔時，朋友就是天使，會將我們扶起，讓我們明白如何飛翔。

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 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 the 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，I saw tears in his eyes.As I handed him his glasses，I said，“Those guys are jerks.They really should be punished.”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 Kyle，the more I liked him，and myfriends 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 friend，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 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.Our parents，our teachers，our siblings，maybe a coach butmostly our 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 its 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.As you can see，“Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.”