One Silent night I requested Thee,
"Dear God, grant me a friend,
Who is a push when I stop;
A word when I am quiet;
A smile when I am sad;
A shoulder when I cry;
A sun when I am cold;
A known amongst all unknowns;
A lamp in the darkness;
A shelter in the rain;
A soft path in this rough terrain;
A stick when I can no further walk;
A place to retrurn to when all is lost ..
I am afraid I ask too much of Thee;
But is a true friend too much for thee to grant me?"

To this Thou Gracefully replied,
/IWhat you ask of me is not beyond My power;
But you yourself have to toil for it your life's short hour;
though have made true friends for everyone,
"To find & recognize them" is a test that can be skipped by none."

And then: realized that I did not ask too much thee,
But true friendship is one thing only I myself can earn for me..