LIX. A New Beginning

my friend's life couldnt have gotten worse our senior year of high school. to begin, his tore his knee up in football during summer practice, so his hopes of leading his team to the state finals as starting quaterback were crushed. His girlfriend returned from studying overseas and broke up with him after having relations with another kid on her trip. his dad not only was arrested for insider trading, but also was having an affair with the man that he gave the information to. his mother immediately divorced him and began drinking quite heavily. his hunting dog "rover" was run over in the road after chasing a ball in front of the lawn man's truck.

yep, things were not going well for this man. finally, he broke down in the chill of the winter at my house while enjoying beverages with my father. he cried and cried. my father, an older man, was there to comfort him and talk things out with him. i went to sleep and let the big man heal this young man's wounds.

the next morning, with fresh snow on the ground, my friend was a new man. you could tell his spirits were lifted. my dad had lifted him up. we both went outside to enjoy the fresh fallen snow and enjoy my friend's spiritual uprising.

my friend told me things were okay now. my father had said the rights things. he said, "Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind."

jokingly, i threw a snow ball towards him. the snowball hit him in the face. i toppled over with laughter.

The snowball's impact blinded him in both eyes. nonetheless, his words were wise.