My most cherished experience with Asher was the time he was in the library and he had an assignment due the next day. He asked me if i could help him, as I took the class last year. I thought it would be interesting to take a look at the material and see how much i remembered. Me and Asher spent the next 20 minutes going over the material until finally we were able to submit it. I didn't think much of it, after all i was just helping him out with a couple of homework problems. The way he made me feel afterwards though is something i expect never to forget. He kept thanking me and saying how nice it was that i helped him and how i took time out of my night to work on this homework with him. I really didn't think it was that big of a deal, but I felt so good afterwards because of the way he reacted. I remember even inserting a thank you in my tefillah for the opportunity to help him, thats how good i was feeling. What really stood out is the next day when i woke up i saw a text from him that read: "I just helped someone out because i felt compelled to repay the favor to someone after the favor you did for me, thanks again"
I was amazed. The fact that I did something little caused Asher to do something for someone else in return?
Looking back on the situation, I don't know why Asher had to leave us at such a young age, nobody knows Gds will. It serves as a reminder to us that Gd puts us all here for a specific reason and it is up to us to get to work and complete the task. We don't know when we will leave, all we know is the amount of effort we have put in in completing Gds will.
The fact that i had the opportunity to do a mitzvah for Asher, and that he in turn did a mitzvah for someone else out of all of this is something that no one can take away from either of us.
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