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 wordly fame,

But just on knowing that someone cares

And holds us close in 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 richness depends

On the things we share with our loved ones and friends.