You Raise Me Up

You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up: To more than I can be.

Heard Westlife sing the above song and it gave me shivers. (The cold temperature might've had 'something' to do with it.) It made me think of David. And no, not every song makes me think of him.

I really feel like he makes me try to be a better person. Before, I used to do 'just enough' for everything. Whether it was uni assignments, cleaning, helping etc. I would never do more than was required. Maybe it was laziness, maybe I just didn't see the point of doing anything extra. Now I do.

David showed me, from example, that it's the extra unnecessary effort that means the most. Like driving to my house for only an hour just so I won't have to catch a train to his. Buying me a chocolate bar at the petrol station for no reason at all. Or how at a food court, he always takes his rubbish to the bin (even if it's on the other side of the place) because he wants to make it easier for the cleaners. When he worked at the restaurant, he always did all the extra cleaning and helped customers with different things. He did it so often, that one customer told his manager what a great person he was and now he received an award - a night at a five star hotel overlooking the beach (worth about $300) plus free buffet breakfast. And what impresses me the most is that he never expects anything for his effort.

So in his footsteps, I decided to do something completely unnecessary for him. I got him a bag of jelly beans. He put them in his car and the next morning, someone broke into it and stole them. They also stole his street directory and jumper (since there was nothing else). And you know what, I'm only sad about the lollies because now he can't enjoy them.