god gives his hardest battles to his strongest warriors

 It seems as though I have forever had this plan to go and befriend this girl from school, I think at the start of the year I was kinda nice to her but as the year progressed.... nothing more had been done

I see her walking around school by herself and I know she's not one of those "leave me alone, I hate the world" girls. Well from what I have gathered she reads(a lot), she always seems to have yummy lunch, she has autism, she's really clever, she believes in god, she is really really nice, and she has problems making friends. I actually genuinely take my hat off to her. She just gets on with her life and she loves those who hate her. The other week In class I saw that she was sitting there alone, and since my usual workmate was doing something else I pushed all embarrassment of sitting next to her away and went and went to kept her company. 

I started off the conversation with a simple sentence "what are you reading?" I asked

She replied "hobbit" and gave a nervous smile gesturing the unusualness of this situation 

I looked away feeling slightly embarrassed at my version of making her feel "comfortable"

I decided to take the conversation another way and I asked her about her old school...

              jackpot

off she went telling me about her old school I think It was a christian academy that she went to? Yeah well anyway she went on and on and I never realised until after but we had actually made a connection. 

And it was because she mentioned God.

Before I only knew that she believed In him, but never had I thought how much? I then realised that though she isn't a part of my church she still lives the same standards that I live.

She loves the same god that I love. 

She told me that she and her family had been attending a church in town. She told me how at her christian school no one ignored her. Or bullied her. That really hit me. 

Because even I have bullied her.. Maybe not how society thinks a person gets bullied. But through ignoring her. Ignoring her silent plea for a friend. For someone to talk to.

I then asked her "do you like being alone?"

Her reply was really touching... "Yeah I don't mind it" She said

"But no one likes to be alone"

This conversation later on lead to others. Not between me and her alone. But some other kids in class too. Me and my cousin walked her back to school. She started to talk to some of the other kids in class who also believed in god. For once she smiled.

hello to whoever is reading this. wherever your from or whatever your race... pleaaaaaaassseeee do what i did. take the time to reach out to someone in need. extend a hand to someone. 

anyone.

because you never know what your effect might be on those you touch.