A walk home
Mark was walking home from school one day when henoticed the boy ahead of him had tripped and
dropped all of the books he was carrying, along with
two sweaters, a Baseball bat, a glove and a small
tape recorder. Mark knelt down and helped the boy pick up the
scattered articles. Since they were going the same
way, he helped to carry part of the burden.
As they walked, Mark discovered the boy's name was Bill,
that he loved video games, baseball and history, and
that he was having lots of trouble with his
other subjects and that he had just broken up
with his girlfriend.
They arrived at Bill's home first and Mark was invited in
for a Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon
passed pleasantly with a few laughs and some shared
small talk, then Mark went home.
They continued to see each other around school, had lunch
together once or twice, then both graduated
from Junior high school.
They ended up in the same high school where they
had
brief contacts over the years. Finally the long-
awaited
senior year came and three weeks before graduation,
Bill asked Mark if they could talk.
Bill reminded
him of the day years ago when they
had first met.
"Did you ever wonder why I was carrying
so many
things home that day?" asked Bill. "You see,
I cleaned
out my locker because I didn't want to leave
a mess for
anyone else. I had stored away some of my
mother's sleeping pills and I was going home to
commit
suicide. But after we spent some time together
talking and laughing, I realized that if I had killed
myself, I would have missed that time and so many
others that might follow. So you see, Mark, when you
picked up those books that day, you did a lot more, you saved my life!"
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