"If he gets any better, he'll be a damn author!" This was what a dear friend of mine said about me when he was discussing something with another person I hold in high standards. It made me smile, because he is someone I've always thought as a mentor, despite the fact that he is younger then me he has always been far more maturer then I. He was one of the three people who taught me how to write, the one thing that allows me to express myself in ways I cannot in normal situations. What he said made me smile because when he began teaching me, I thought I was never going to be good when it came to writing, but around three years down the road he's racing to keep up with me! This has created a little rivalry, a friendly one, but still a rivalry. I think we both see it was a way to urge each other to keep refining our talents, to keep striving to learn more, to keep taking wonderful risks. He's always been an encouraging and positive force since I've known him, well maybe not always when it came to the positive part. He has got me into a few jams, but he's always been there to help me out of them. Like a true friend.
His name is Kaleb, and we've been friends for the good part of three years, he's always been there to help me with life's ups and downs, or to give me some good advice when I need it. His advice isn't always the best, but he tries. I chose Kaleb because out of the three people who nurtured my talent for the art of writing, he's always been the one who I regard as my best friend. The other two being Jon and Regina, two wonderful people by the way. It'll be tough to describe him in four traits, but I think I have some good ideas. The first would be how organized he is, by God has he always been the ordered one out of the two of us. This has led to a joke where I refer to him as Order and myself as Chaos, too much of one and things go bad. But when there is an equal amount of the two, life becomes brilliant! The second trait would be his cheerfulness, not once. Not once in my three years of knowing him have I ever seen him down and out, he is always just pushing forward, and that has helped me get through some bad times in my own life. For the third trait I decided that he should be recognized for his loyalty. He is one of the most loyal friends I've ever had, I don't think I can remember of a time he has betrayed my trust. And for the fourth and final trait, I chose his sense of humor. This I would say is one of his most obvious parts of his personality, spend five minutes with him and you'll laugh until you cry. I know I've doubled over a few times listening to him.
Organization has always been one of Kaleb's strong points, where I am chaotic, he has always been ordered. This I think is one of the reason we get along so well, you know the old saying. Opposites attract, or something like that. This strong trait of Kaleb's personality has helped me out more then a few times, if I lost an entry I worked on and had to start over again, he'd remember what the main points were and helped me recreate it. I also think this is one of the reasons he was such a good teacher as well, and my lack of order would be one of the reasons I'm such a bad one. He and I teach an online writing school for people who need it, and he is one of the central teachers, while I kinda just hang out in the back. I doubt I would've even made it this far if it wasn't for Kaleb, Jon, and Regina.
Kaleb is the most cheerful person I have ever met, I have never seen him just lie down and take what life gives him. He's always been stubborn and happy, this contradicts myself. I happen to be a pretty strong person but even I had limits, if something bad happened in my life, he'd always be there to cheer me up and make me laugh. I doubt he even did it on purpose, it's just the way he is, he's been like that since the day I met him. I remember when my Grandfather died I started talking to Kaleb, and in a few minutes he had me laughing my ass off to some joke he came up with on the spot.
Loyalty is something I treasure in a friend, just the confidence that you know they will not betray your trust to another person. And this is something Kaleb has, I can not remember one time that he has every told someone I told him to keep as a secret, not once do I remember him leaving me out for the wolves, a figure of speech yes. But I think you get the point of what I am talking about. He's a good guy, always has been. And he better stay a good friend, if he knows whats good for him.
Ahahahahaha! Kaleb's sense of humor is a funny thing, get it funny thing? Not my best work, but hey I tried. I pride myself on being one of the two jokers in my little circle of friends, and the other would be Kaleb. Even on a rainy day when a bear just mauled my sister, he could make me laugh until I would be on the ground. Not to mention that he is one of the smartest guys I've met before, this coupled with a good sense of humor, I'm pretty sure he could be a stand up comedian. Tomorrow.
The fact is that Kaleb is a very good friend of mine, he's taught me a lot about writing, about life, and about damn near everything. I could say that if I had never met him, I would not be as good a person as I am right now, I would not be as funny, I would not be as awesome, I would not be as handsome, nor would I be as modest. I can say without a doubt, Kaleb is my best friend, despite the fact that we try to mess each other up all the time, or prank each other, or try to out wit each other. Pssst, I damn near always win. Kaleb in organized, humorous, cheerful, and loyal. He one of the best friends a dude could have. I'm proud to be his friend.
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I'm not looking for criticism or grammar, just me posting this here because I feel I did good.
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