Everyone Needs Someone 
 -Helen Steiner Rice
 

Always
by Tara Simms

Thank You Friend
-Grace Noll Crowell
 

People need people and friends need friends 
And we all need love for a full life depends 
Not on vast riches or great acclaim, 
Not on success or on worldy fame, 
But just in knowing that someone cares 
And holds us close in their thoughts and prayers- 
For only the knowledge that we're understood 
Makes everyday living feel wonderfully good, 
And we rob ourselves of life's greatest need 
When we "lock up our hearts" and fail to heed 
The outstretched hand reaching to find 
A kindred spirit whose heart and mind 
Are lonely and longing to somehow share 
Our joys and sorrows and to make us aware 
That life's completeness and richness depends 
On the things we share with our loved ones 
and friends. 

When you need a shoulder to cry on,
Remember that I have a warm embrace,
Ready to offer comfort.

When you think I'm being too tough,
Remember that which does not kill you
Makes you stronger.

When you need a friend to listen,
Remember that I am here for you,
Always.

When you doubt me,
Remember that I once knelt at your feet,
Washing them in service to you.

When you lose faith in yourself,
Remember that I never did,
Nor ever will.

I never came to you, my friend, 
and went away without 

some new enrichment of the heart; 
More faith and less of doubt, 
more courage in the days ahead. 

And often in great need coming to you, 
I went away comforted indeed. 
How can I find the shining word,

the glowing phrase that tells all that 
your love has meant to me, 
all that your friendship spells? 

There is no word, no phrase for 
you on whom I so depend. 

All I can say to you is this, 
God bless you precious friend.
 
 

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