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If good friends fell from the sky like
raindrops,
I'd turn my umbrella upside down and have
all that
I need.
But friends do not come to us that way,
instead
they shoot up through the ground
from a tiny seed of common
interest, are
cultivated with good times and grow into
a
beautiful flower to enjoy that continues to
bloom as long as
it is cared for.
These flowers of friendship are gathered
into
a fragrant bouquet that enhances the world
around us and
are meant to be enjoyed by
ourselves as well as to bring cheer
or
comfort to others.
Like flowers, friendships also go
through changes,
sometimes they are allowed to die, but if
you
care for them well and tend them with a gentle
touch, they
will continue to build roots in new
places and bloom for years of
enjoyment.
When you have found a friend such as this,
you
will know by the beauty and fragrance that
surrounds your life
and it will spread like
beautiful wildflowers to enrich all of
us.
-Poem by Tamara K
Vickery |
