He/she who is the tower of my strengt

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I would like to start off with a very influential and meaningful quote said by Maya Angelou, “The first time someone shows you who they are, believe them.” When I was in the 7th grade, a new student joined us by the name of Kieran Rose. I was assigned to show him around school, help him make friends and most importantly make sure he was comfortable in his new environment. Six years later, he is now my best and closest friend.

In October 2012, the annual inter-schools swimming gala took place in Nairobi at the Kasarani stadium. At the time, I used to take swimming very seriously and regularly went for training after school. Kieran always stayed behind to give me company. One week prior to flying to Nairobi, whilst I was studying on one of the school benches, a group of older students came up to me and began harassing and bullying me. This went on for a few more days after; I did not mention it to Kieran because I did not want to side-track him from his studies despite us sharing everything with each other. After that incident, I was not the same person. My mindset had completely fluctuated to negative and I missed half my training sessions. Due to the fact that he knew me so well, Kieran figured out that I was not my normal self. Also, he knew what it was like to be bullied and all but he was and still is a very strong minded character. Over the next few days he reassured me, he even went as far as asking me if I wanted to see someone about it so that my mindset would improve. As negative as I was towards him, he never gave up. I even contemplated not going to the gala but he made sure I went to all the remaining training sessions, and ultimately to Nairobi. I owe it to him for setting the new school record which still s...

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...whenever I tripped over a rock. I am sure he would say the same about me, there is no doubt about that. He will always help someone who is in need of help. That is how he is and in a number of ways I consider him a role model.

In all, I picked Kieran as my tower of strength because he is the perfect friend and for the number of things he has done for me and also due to the number of times he has assisted and guided me. He is everything you could possibly ask for in a friend and I would go as far as saying that I think of him as family. I am thankful that I was picked to help him out on his first day at school and I never expected the both of us to be such close friends. It can be infrequent to find a person who gives you that drive, motivation, inspiration and support to go out there, but when you do, you tend to enjoy life considerably more and appreciate it.

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