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Everybody needs someone
By Helen Steiner Rice
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 worldly fame.
But on just knowing that someone cares
And holds us close 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 riches depend
On the things we share with our loved ones and friends
By Helen Steiner Rice
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 worldly fame.
But on just knowing that someone cares
And holds us close 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 riches depend
On the things we share with our loved ones and friends