Jeff is the type of guy I would have hated in High School. He came off as a popular, arrogant, cocky jock. All things he himself admitted openly to being, except the jock part when he stopped playing soccer after freshman year. Fortunately I met him sophomore year when I was ready to expand my social horizons. He had the tendency to be downright scary while I was pledging but I never resented him for it, he was simply good at yelling. However, from the first time I met him, I felt like we would always be good friends and it turned out to be true.
Jeff's arrogance more or less just turned out to be an abundance of confidence which rubbed off on me so that I soon began to look at the whole world differently. He believed that I could have whatever I wanted if I asked for it the right way. Our friendship goes both ways though and there were times when he came to me on how to deal with other kinds of situations.
Jeff was one of the key people that helped me grow into who I am now, instilling in me the confidence to not sit back and let opportunities pass me by. I hope I had a similar effect on him.
From Jeff I learned that friends come in all forms and sometimes the best ones are the ones you'd never expect.
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