I have been writing over the past few weeks about topics that have been really important to me. Today I would like to tell everyone about a "Good Friend". I first meet my friend at a very early age. At first I thought I was to young to play with him. I remember watching him on Friday nights at my brother's high school. To hang with him, you had to be pretty brave, because the places and friends he hung around with, were "Bad". I always looked up to my brothers and others, because they had a chance to hang around with him. I would look at him, in distances, and always knew I would one day get my chance to meet him face to face. Before I knew him others had informed me of the price they paid just to befriend him.
As I grew up I would see him mostly during the winter. At first I wasn't sure if I wanted to pay that price that so many others had paid before me. It wasn't until I was in High School I finally start making the transition to paying that price. I remember staying after school with one of my firends and his father and he taught us "his" version of how to lift weights. I did not know that paying the price would mean working so hard just to get a chance at being his friend. Later on I realized that by just knowing him a little, it would give me a chance to go on to further my education and attend Howard University. While still keeping him close, he guided me while I was in school to work hard and position myself to get invited to an NFL team as an undrafted free agent. After college he tried his best to go his seperate way, but I insisted that he stay around for a while. He stayed but the cost once again proved to be high. After 2 ACL surgeries on both my knees, a dislocated elbow, and a host of other issuses, he is still around. And as long as I remain loyal to him I will have to pay. The cost of having him around is costly. He just doesn't tolerate being around average people.
There are only 1600 people worldwide who activley spend time with him weekly. We fight at times, he humbles me daily, my friend is not shy at all -- you can watch him on Sundays, Mondays, and occassionally Thurdays. After all he's not only my friend, he might be yours also.
As I grew up I would see him mostly during the winter. At first I wasn't sure if I wanted to pay that price that so many others had paid before me. It wasn't until I was in High School I finally start making the transition to paying that price. I remember staying after school with one of my firends and his father and he taught us "his" version of how to lift weights. I did not know that paying the price would mean working so hard just to get a chance at being his friend. Later on I realized that by just knowing him a little, it would give me a chance to go on to further my education and attend Howard University. While still keeping him close, he guided me while I was in school to work hard and position myself to get invited to an NFL team as an undrafted free agent. After college he tried his best to go his seperate way, but I insisted that he stay around for a while. He stayed but the cost once again proved to be high. After 2 ACL surgeries on both my knees, a dislocated elbow, and a host of other issuses, he is still around. And as long as I remain loyal to him I will have to pay. The cost of having him around is costly. He just doesn't tolerate being around average people.
There are only 1600 people worldwide who activley spend time with him weekly. We fight at times, he humbles me daily, my friend is not shy at all -- you can watch him on Sundays, Mondays, and occassionally Thurdays. After all he's not only my friend, he might be yours also.
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