"There are still many good young people in the world."

This is Jarred Shaffer, a student at Brookhaven College by way of Blum, TX, and member of the Bears basketball team. Although I could share some of his impressive statistics on the court or in the classroom, it's a letter I received recently from a stranger for whom Jarred made all the difference, which I have excerpted here. Wearing the Brookhaven name across his chest makes him immediately identifiable as a representative of our college and our core values: learning, service, diversity, excellence and integrity. There may come a day when I forget how many three-pointers Jarred once made in a row or the clutch free throws he sank to preserve a Bears win, but I doubt that I will ever forget the content of his character that he showed when he probably thought no one was looking--not to mention the lesson we can all draw from it. If in the story our own life we are not the main character, we have probably lived a very good life.