motdakasha

Like I said, most deeds are somewhere in the gray area, but I think everyone has done (or will do) at least one good deed whether or not they know it. Someone I thought of as a good friend, despite the fact I had only met him once and we only communicated via internet, committed suicide on 10 September 2001. On 6 September 2001, he had written a suicide note to all of his friends on a particular site. He attempted suicide, but according to him, the thought of his friends from this particular online community was enough to make him rethink suicide. I was in that note, which consisted of "I love you" links to names of people. At the time, I wasn't aware of this note. I wasn't even aware that he was suicidal, but he was a good friend of mine. I care about him. The evening before he killed himself he thanked me for being his friend in a coded, roundabout way but I didn't realize it at the time. I was not aware of the importance of our friendship or that I mattered that much to anyone until I got a phone call from the east coast on 10 September.
So while friendship may not be something you call a good deed, I'm very certain it was "good" in the eyes of my friend, and to me as well. My friendship with him played a role in delaying his suicide which he was so set on committing. How can it be a selfish act if I wasn't even aware that my friendship had any impact on anyone?

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