Friendship - October 1978

FRIENDSHIP POEM

WRITTEN

BY

NANCY MOORE

OCTOBER 1978

Many thoughts have been expressed and many verses have been composed of real friendship. 

One may write on and on about the many virtues of friends. Few of us have not been helped or guided by a friend. There will surely come a time when we will have the opportunity to do a good deed for a friend. 

A friend is someone special; they are someone who will see the genuineness in their friends. They will be a true comrade to us when we might have no one else to turn to. 

A friend will try to develop an insight into your unspoken joys, and they will recognize your opinion although it may not correspond with their own. 

A good test of a real friend is whether one can forget the faults of others and think only of their useful qualities. No many can expect to find a friend without some faults. A person who wishes a faultless friend will go friendless. 

A true friend will always reveal his loyalty in a time of stress. They are ever and always there when they are needed. 

They will be understanding when most people will only raise doubt. They offer hope when there are bad times, they come with no invitation. 

Fair-weather friends are quite easy to find, and there is never a scarcity of them. 

It is a steady friend who stands by you in life's periods, joys, and sorrows that will be cherished forever.