And here he is again, yet things feel like they'll never be as easy between us as they once were.

What you don't understand, you can make mean anything.

Watching those guys pummel each other so no one would suspect them of being weak was too much for me. Their reputations were more important than their faces.

A week went by and nothing. But eventually, as they always will, the rumors reached me. And everyone knows you can't disprove a rumor.

It's important to be aware of how we treat others. Even though someone appears to shrug off a sideways comment or to not be affected by a rumor, it's impossible to know everything else going on in that person's life, how we might be adding to his/her pain. People do have an impact on the lives of others; that's undeniable.

One little ripple started today could create a typhoon fifteen years from now.

The longer you wait, and this is true, the slower the hands will move.