Lean On Me

13-yr-old Nadin Khoury got the shock of his life earlier this week when pro-football player, DeSean Jackson, and two of his teammates were introduced to him on live television (ABC's The View).  Back in January, Nadin was bullied by seven, older, male students from his school.  The older boys dragged him through the snow and tossed him up into a tree.  When he got down from the tree, they hung him from a tall, metal fence.  A fence that could've pierced his body and caused fatal harm.  The not-the-brightest boys videotaped the entire incident and uploaded the video to YouTube.  That's what got them in trouble.  Since Nadin is making the rounds, telling his story, the producers of The View knew he's a huge fan of the Philadelphia Eagles and, DeSean Jackson, in particular.  So, the show arranged for Desean to come onto the show and present Nadin with season tickets to the Eagles' games and the jersey off his back (literally)!  While watching this exchange, I sat and cried like a baby.  Yes, as I grow older, I'm also growing more sensitive.  It saddens me beyond description when I hear about how downright cruel unkind people are to each other.  I'm ecstatic that this young boy got something great out of a horrible situation.  Indeed, there are blessings everywhere we go.  In everything we endure.  We simply have to be still to recognize them.  God bless Nadin Khoury.  And God bless DeSean for making the little boy's eyes light up like a Christmas tree in the wake of what could've been a horrific tragedy.