When I was a child I had a cloth calendar from the year I was born hanging in my room. There was a pretty picture on it (that for the life of me I can't remember what it was of) and a verse from the following poem.
So the adage, "Make new friends, but keep the old" was never far from my consciousness. Though, I will admit, as a child, I felt insulted that "new" things didn't seem to be as important as "old" things. After all, I was young - I was "new".
Anyway, this poem came to mind again this week because I met two new friends. A few "Jersey Girl" bloggers met at The Reo Diner and had a pleasant few hours talking together. Barb and Ellen are as friendly and warm as you would imagine from reading their blogs, and I feel very blessed that I got to meet them in real life. So - here's to new friends!
Make New Friends, But Keep The Old
author unknown
Make new friends,
but keep the old.
One is silver,
the other is gold.
A circle is round,
it has no end.
That's how long,
I will be your friend.
A fire burns bright,
it warms the heart.
We've been friends,
from the very start.
You have one hand,
I have the other.
Put them together,
We have each other.
Silver is precious,
Gold is too.
I am precious,
and so are you.
You help me,
and I'll help you
and together
we will see it through.
The sky is blue
The Earth is green
I can help
to keep it clean
Across the land
Across the sea
Friends forever
We will always be
The poetry roundup is at Read Write Believe.
I was just thinking about this poem the other day. I only knew the first stanza though. Thanks for sharing the rest!
ReplyDeleteGah! That's a Girl Scout song (a round, no less) -- and now it won't leave my head!!
ReplyDeleteOh. Right. It's also nice sentiment. But I wish the Girl Scouts singing it repeatedly, in round form, in my brain, would stop.
See - I was a "Brownie" drop-out, so I never sang this in Girl Scouts!
ReplyDeleteI love this one! I'll have to learn the whole thing!
ReplyDeleteChristine - what a wonderful post. I enjoyed meeting you on Wednesday. It was such fun to get to meet the face behind the blog.
ReplyDeleteI too remember that verse from Girl Scouts. Did our conversations prompt you to choose this?
Any way, I hope we can get together again and share some time, stories and worship together.
I love all these extra verses. How lovely.
ReplyDeleteA round! Did you know I was going to blog about poetry circles today? I find my old friendships are like circles; they don't go in a straight line, but expand and contract and come back to me throughout the years.
ReplyDeleteGirl Scouts! That's exactly where I knew this one from. Maybe Kelly F. and I were in the same troop? Oh, the days of sit-upons.
ReplyDeleteHow sweet, Christine! New friends and old ... that's the story of our lives (as we keep having good friends move away!)
ReplyDeleteI must try not to be evious that you met Barb!
ReplyDeleteGlad you had such a fab time :-)