This story makes me tear up every time. It’s incredible how many times destiny is working its magic and we don’t even know it.
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At school I studied with a boy named Guilherme. That typical stereotype: Blue-eyed blondy, popular, didn’t study much, messed around a lot, but he was a goodhearted person. Very intelligent too, even though he didn’t think so. You could see it in his face that he was a good person.
One grade behind there was a sweet girl (I’ll call her Luana) with a very rare mental condition. She basically had no filters and spoke whatever was on her mind and heart with zero discernment as to what was too impulsive or not. She didn’t think before speaking like we would, you know?
Teenage years came and the situation aggravated a lot due to hormones added to the equation. She would fall in love with boys and run after them on the patio, deliver child-like love letters and cry a lot because those boys didn’t love her back. For her, feelings were SUPER intense, almost too much for her to handle.
In her class there was a poor rich kid; insecure, of course, with zero foundation, the son of millionaire divorced parents who taught him his worth was directly attached to the amount of money his family had. We all know that guy, right?
No family member, no teacher, no friend, absolutely no one loved him enough to guide and teach him about those other important things. And I guess telling you he was a bully is just a formality at this point, right? So cliche but so real.
One day my classmates and I went down to the patio for our break and once we got there we saw the bully screaming at Luana: “I love you boo! Come here with me!” And she would cry hysterically and run after him as he ran away from her until she tripped and fell.
Of course I know a guy like that does this kind of crap because he believes he has nothing to offer, so he must ridicule someone “fragile” to gain some sort of self-confidence and attention. Still, we were shocked at how mean he could be.
It took us a minute, but we ended up discovering she was in love with Guilherme and the bully had started bullying her pretending to be Guilherme and putting his picture in front of his face while telling her he loved her.
Here’s the sweet bit of the story.
Guilherme saw what was going on, hugged Luana and took her away to drink some water and calm down. He explained that it wasn’t that he didn’t love her; he already had a girlfriend before she even fell in love with him and he really liked the girl so he couldn’t just breakup with her out of the blue. He told Luana she shouldn’t feel so sad because there was nothing wrong with her, it was simply bad timing. She stopped crying, calmed down, and understood what he said in her own way. A few days later she was already in love with another boy happy as ever chasing the guy all over the patio.
Guilherme was my age, 16. How many 16-year-old boys (do you know) would have that level of maturity, empathy, and courage to act that way in front of the whole school? Because you know as well as I do that it doesn’t go unnoticed and other bullies come for guys like Guilherme with the “Oh! You have a new girlfriend now? Are you into the weirdo?” rubbish. I honestly don’t know many, maybe one or two.
I think about that day very often.
Oh! And let me tell you the end of it because you’ll smile so damn hard!!!!!!!
Guilherme graduated and studied marine biology at uni. Years later he found out he was born for something else and went to MEDICAL SCHOOL TO BECOME A DOCTOR!!!!!! Of course, he did!!!!!! Of course he was born to be a doctor!!!!!! He was a doctor way before he even knew what a doctor is in essence!!!!!! Nothing has ever made more sense in life!
When my mom met his mom at the supermarket and came home with the news, my heart was set on fire with joy and happiness because if there’s one person in this world who’s doing exactly what he was born to do, he is it! He’s the one!!!!!!
I was so damn happy to hear that! My heart was so full! I was like: Of course he’s becoming a doctor, he’s always been a doctor, from the day he was born! I remember someone telling me he was so clever he learned how to read and write before anyone else and had to be forwarded one year at school. He was born with the whole package to be a doctor.
I shouldn’t say a thing but…
The bully moved to Ilhabela where my family comes from, his dad (who was hitting on me and I was 15) asked me to introduce him to my friends, and I was still too young to say no to adults. So I said yes going against my better judgment.
The bully arrived at the beach and was so unsurprisingly shy that he couldn’t even speak. And after a few months people at the island discovered he was rich as hell and he unsurprisingly became everyone’s best friend for a minute, of course.
Let me just say I don’t think he’s a bad person in essence, nor do I think he’s sub-human in any way. I think the things he does are the size of the pain he carries from not being taught his worth and being surrounded by people, including parents and teachers, who couldn’t (still can’t) even see him, let alone his worth because he has money and that comes before anything else. I saw teachers allowing unacceptable behavior, to look good for his rich family, a thousand times.
We’re a product of the environment in which we’re raised in, and very few people have that thing that takes them to a different unexpected path. That’s why I’m interested in finding the different ones and working with them. That’s who my healing power craves. These are the ones who change the world.
I believe with all my might that if the bully was raised differently he could be the next Guilherme. And I know the shift can still happen, but the lessons will come in very harshly.
Just a random comment… I’ve seen plenty of grown men transform completely when falling in love with girls who don’t put up with bad behavior, and except nothing less than a Guilherme.
There, I said it. hahaha
Now, tell me in the comments: Have you ever met a Guilherme? Would it have made a difference (for you) to cross with a guy like him during your teenage years?
I hope this story makes your day better! There are still good people in the world! Not everything is lost!
What the news show is not a honest reflection of what the real world’s like. Remember that!
A big kiss full of love and excitement!
Yours,
Cá!
PS: If you have a great story of a great person like this one, please send it to me so I can share it and we can spread the love building a chain of good energy! It’ll be much appreciated! I only tell true stories here so I need material… hahahaha