I WENT BACK TO ST. GEORGES SCHOOL YESTERDAY... I was asked to drive back to Harpenden to deliver books that students from St. Georges have purchased. So, lil brother Pope and I drove down to the school yesterday. As we drove south in our car, I told Pope about the boy who came up to me after my speech last week and how I hoped he was doing better now. When we got to the school itself, Sally Priestland came out with one of her lovely students to get the books from us. Of course it was wonderful to see some students who recognized me and waved or smiled to me as I waited for Sally at reception. When Pope and I met and then went to Sallys office, she told me that the boy whom I wrote about (I never used his real name when I wrote about him previously because I did not know if it would cause him to be teased) was now doing very well. Okay, so his real name is Alex, and I can now use his name because what has happened has been so positive. So, amidst all of my other things going on, I was so pleased to know that my friend Alex is doing well, and that all of my family in St. Georges school are making the effort to make sure that not only he does well, but collectively they will do well together. I cannot explain it, but just to know you can have a chance to truly change someones outlook on life is so empowering and humbling. I never want to ruin this again. I never want to lose my chance to make the world better for the many students I can reach. I can now look back at the effects I have had in years past and just this past year together. I can literally see the impact I have been having on others and in recognition of this fact, I am so aware of how I can never be a fake. I am truly lucky to have a life in which I am given a chance to inspire others to take charge of their young lives. I am not proud of how I was to earn this chance, but I am certainly aware of how that does not matter. What matters only is that I do this while being genuine and decent of heart. That is it really. It doesnt matter that I ever become a success or anything like that. All I can honestly focus on is that someone like Alex is out there. They are needing me to show them a bit of my own example so that they can know how to make it past their troubles and hurdles. I know one thing from all of this. I can never walk past a school like St. Georges without feeling like I did my best to make it for one day, the most amazing place to be for a student. How can I not be blown away by this thought? Oh, and it is surely not my doing. I know all along it is those kids who make me and my words reverberate though their lives that is the magic behind it all. Thank you again to all of the staff, students, and parents in St. Georges school. I have learned again to feel I have something to offer to others that is positive. Love, Nick Yarris
Posted on: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 08:50:30 +0000
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