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How Many Friends Have You?
written by: Hart Dowd
How Many Friends Have You?
The old man turned to me and asked, "How many friends have you?"
"Why 10 or 20 friends have I." I named off just a few...
He rose quite slow, with effort. He sadly shook his head.
"A lucky child you are, to have so many friends," he said.
"But think of what you're saying. There's much you do not know.
A friend is just not someone to whom you say ‘Hello.'
A friend's a tender shoulder on which to softly cry,
A well to pour your troubles down, and raise your spirits high.
A friend's a hand to pull you up from darkness and despair...
When all your other ‘so called' friends have helped to put you there.
A true friend is an ally who can't be moved or bought,
A voice to keep your name alive when others have forgot.
But most of all a friend's a heart , a strong and sturdy wall.
For from the hearts of friends there comes the greatest love of all!
So think of what I've spoken, for every word is true.
And answer once again, my child, ‘How many friends have you?'"
And then he stood and faced me, awaiting my reply.
So, softly then I answered, "If lucky...... one have I....
YOU!!!!"
(author unknown)
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"A friend loveth at all times......Proverbs 17:17
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A friend is really someone with whom you can be yourself; one who appreciates the good in you, overlooks the bad in you, and brings out the best in you.
With a friend you can share a laugh, a secret, a point of view, joys or sorrows, and problems large and small.
A friend is someone who understands silences as well as words, who is with you and for you, and stands by you; someone who lifts you up and never lets you down, and who makes you feel it's a nice old world after all.
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