Some Friends Are For Life

With 100's of forwarded messages running around mailboxes about friends , friendship ... we tend to take it for granted and just pass it on as a habit or just laziness. Recently i saw a forward ( or so i thought ) ... an old friend from 11 th 12th standard college , had mailed after 7 yrs , it didnt have any hi's hellos ... just a couple of para's with couple of friends pictures here and there like in those forwards ... during 12th , this guy was in utter shambles with drugs , alcohol and little chance of a great future ... i clearly remember , 4 months before 12th boards , during a group night out for studies , this guy came to our place ,explaining how he is ruining his own life . We spent next couple of days helping him out to gain enuf confidence to atleast go for his boards and try to stay off substances for atleast these 4 months ... he somehow managed to do it , joined us regularly in study groups and managed to clear boards just :-)

We were happy about the outcome and the guy thanked us all and left for future studies suddenly , we never heard of him where he went , what he did ...

After 7 years , we get an email saying ,
"Today Im the most happiest guy in the world . I have a great job in Automotive industry here in US , a great salary , now a wife . Ive been volunteering whenever possible in Alcoholics Anonymous and a Drug Rehab Counselling Centre. Ive been clean last couple of years and doing well. Thanks for the effort you and the guys put in those 4 months , God knows where i would be today if it werent for you guys ... I cant thank you guys enough and cant wait to meet you all if i come down to India or you guys come to here .
Friends come and go, You call some good freinds , some great friends , some ok friends and some friends for the sake . I was in the last category for you guys but still u guys did everything possible .
You guys Saved my life ... I cant say anything more than THANK YOU".


What more can I Say , this makes a nice Forward :-)