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Jun 28, 2006

"Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born." --Anais Nin

Kindness Repayed, and the Birth of a Star

Sandy Greenberg was struck blind while studying at Columbia University. How did he manage to stay in school? His roommate read his textbooks to him -- every night. Not a commitment that many would find easy to make. Sandy went on to graduate with honors. Not long after he got a call from his roommate, who told him unhappily that he no longer wanted to be in grad school -- he wanted to sing instead. And he needed $500 to make a promo record. Sandy took his life savings and sent it to his roommate, saying simply, "He made my life; I needed to help make his." The name of Sandy’s roommate? Art Garfunkel! Sandy’s check helped cut the record fated to become the platinum hit "The Sounds of Silence". Read the full story and more in William Brody’s inspiring commencement address urging youth to remember that what we get depends a lot on what we give.