Friendship

Cultivate a friendship,As you do a garden bed;

Nourish, feed and watch it grow,

With help and nice things said.
Smile, it's like the sunshine

Needed for the flowers,

Loving hands to tend and care,

Soft rains and sun-filled hours.
Little hurts are like weeds,

That come between the rows;

Pull and cast them out

beforeThe beautiful friendship goes.
Be proud of your well tended garden,

And proud of a good friend too,

All the work you put into them

Will come straight back to you.
Don't neglect your garden,

Or the good friends that you know,

Don't let a single day go by,

Keep trying, both will grow.
~Ruth Moyer Gilmore~