My summer….

Describe a man who has positively impacted your life.

The first and the warmest childhood best friend I ever had, she came into the neighbourhood when I was in 4th grade. Little by little, a friendship was forged between us. At first glance, I mistook her to be a snob and the kind of kid who might not befriend someone who’s not on her level. I was wrong, we became friends, shared dreams and all.

How she positively impacted my life?

We were two different worlds, her family’s well off. Mine is below average, we were poor to be specific. Then she came, befriended me and made me her closest friend in the neighbourhood. Contrary to the first impression I had of her, she took me into her world. Shared everything she had with me, toys, food and even things that I did not know. She was the first person who showed me that a bigger world is just around somewhere, and I started seeing it too.

The way she treated me, I told myself. Everyone can be kind and nice to anyone…even to a nobody if we only choose to be kind. Without having to put up walls that separate us from others. Be kind, be warm, be the nicest person you can ever be.