The Simplest Words

If you have ever been to summer camp or had a friend drone on and on about it than you know how important it is to some people. Camp for me changed my life.

I have so many deeply rooted friendships... or should i say relationships with some of the greatest people i have ever known. they are and will always be my idols. They know me better than my family and love me in spite of it. The bond that shapes this adoration comes not from the 7 smelly weeks spent together but from the final words and mementos left behind.

One day last summer after getting back from a running class at camp, i went back to my cabin to change. after donning one of my old tee shirts i looked down at my pillow case and began to... Hold on one moment, ha ha let me start from a truth.

I believe one of the biggest compliment you can give a person is that "You have changed my life in the best way possible." I told one or two people that while out on a camp hiking trip.

Back to the pillow case, as you may imagine, i looked down at my pillow case to see a hand writing i had curiously remembered. It said in magenta sharpie, "You have changed my life. I am now a better person for having known you."

I with out my knowledge sat down on my bed still only half clothed and began to cry. for i had never ever known such a compliment. The air had been willed out of me, like getting the wind knocked out of you, but i let it go. i was too blissfully appreciative to let anything fight with me. As tears streamed down my face i began to laugh... luckily for me no one was in the room, for i looked clinically insane. One moment gasping for air in between moans and the next "hardy haring" as if over flowing with deep elation. I was both happy and well... happy. It was that greatest gift i have ever been given.

To the giver if this gift and the girls and some boys who I wish to say "You have changed my life in the best way possible. I am now a better person for having known you." You know who you are (If i sent you this link it probably means you, if your having any confusion). But to those people, i wish to say that you have that special pixie dust that can make hearts fly, as corny as that is. Yeah, i guess its corny but i kinda thought it was creative. you can give the simplest words to those who really do inspire you and they will never forget it, because you have now changed their lives for the better.

Thank you for those simple words that have changed my life for the better.