Cultivate a friendship,

As you do a garden bed;

Nourish, feed and watch it grow,

With help and nice things said.

Smile, it's like the sunshine

Needed for the flowers,

Loving hands to tend and care,

Soft rains and sun‑filled hours.

Little hurts are like the weeds,

That come between the rows;

Pull and cast them out before

The beautiful friendship goes.

Be proud of your well‑tended garden,

And proud of a good friend too,

All the work you put into them

Will come straight back to you.

Don't neglect your garden,

Or the good friends that you know,

Don't let a single day go by,

Keep trying, both will grow.

      By:  Ruth M. Gilmour. 

      Proverbs 18:24, tells us:

... but a true friend is more loyal than a brother.