Blog Post 4

While looking for a blog post for this blog assignment, I came across, Touching & Inspiring Stories. It can be found on http://touching-inspiringstory.blogspot.ca. After reading a few post it was hard not to find myself tearing up a little bit towards the end of the posts. The one I'm going to discuss is titled, "The Power of your Actions", written on August, 28th, 2009. 

The post starts out like many high school stories about a "nerd" and "jock" becoming friends. High school can be very cliquey and normally jocks and nerd never hangout, and usually the jocks have a reputation of picking on the nerds. In this case however, the jock telling the stories notices a kid named Kyle, walking home on a friday with a big pile of books. Shortly after, some other kids run by knocking the books out his hands and tripping him to the ground. The jock runs over and helps Kyle get back up, the jock noticed the gratefulness in Kyle's eyes. The jock picked up Kyle's books, and they become friends as they walk home together. Throughout high school they become good friends, and by grad year Kyle is no longer a nerd. He is a popular kid that filled out nicely, and actually became quite the ladies man. Kyle is the valedictorian for the class, and as he goes up to speak the jock tells him he'll do great, and Kyle smiled gratefully. The same gratefulness he saw in his eyes when they first met. When he got up on stage, Kyle talked about thanking those who helped you get through, including family, teachers, and friends. He then talked about how his friend, the jock, saved his life. He was carrying all his belongings home that friday afternoon because he was going to kill himself, and he didn't want his mom to have to clean his locker out. That one little action the jock did, led to a lifelong friendship and it saved a life. 

At first it feels like a feel good story of the jock that isn't like the rest of his friends that wouldn't normally ever hangout with a kid like Kyle. They end up becoming best friends and Kyle's high school life gets turned completely around, making it much more enjoyable. However, at the end of the post we all find out that a little action can go a long way. The jock, by showing Kyle that not everybody is like those kids that knocked the books out of his hands, saved Kyle's life and gained a lifelong friend. Looking at the comments on this post, most readers cry, or at least tear up. It's message is very clear, "Never underestimate the power of your actions". The smallest gestures can do so much for somebody else in a good way or a bad way. "Look for good in others".