THE way to make friends is as easy <br />As breathing the fresh morning air; <br />It isn't an art to be studied <br />Alone by the men who can spare <br />The time from their every day labors, <br />To ponder on classical lore, <br />It never is taught in a college <br />And it isn't a trick or a chore. <br /> <br />The way to make friends is to be one, <br />To smile at the stranger you meet, <br />To think cheerful thoughts and to speak them <br />Aloud to the people you greet. <br />To hold your hand out to a brother, <br />And cheerfully say: 'Howdy-do,' <br />In a way that he'll know that you mean it, <br />That's all that's expected of you. <br /> <br />Be honest in all of your dealings, <br />Be true to your word and your home, <br />And you will make friends, never doubt it, <br />Wherever you happen to roam. <br />Condemn not the brother who falters, <br />Nor fawn on the rich and the great. <br />Speak kindly to all who approach you, <br />And give up all whining at fate.<br /><br />Edgar Albert Guest<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-way-to-make-friends/
