William Thackeray's Loss Of Words

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William Thackeray wrote, “Never lose a chance to say a kind word.” Over time, there's been a few situations where someone was especially nice to me.
The first one was my step dad. When he first started seeing my mom, he took the time out of his day to teach me how to play guitar, even though he had his own children and more important things to do. That showed me that even if I have my own stuff going on, it doesn't hurt to take some time to help someone.
Another time was when my siblings taught me how to draw. Most of them could have been doing something was better for them, but because I wanted to learn how to draw, they all taught me something. My brother was pretty good at drawing cartoon characters, my sister could draw eyes and nature

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