Be A Friend - Edgar A. Guest (Powerful Life Poetry)

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  • Опубліковано 12 кві 2021
  • Read by Shane Morris
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    Edgar Albert Guest was an American Poet known for his sentimental, short, upbeat verse. Critics often ridiculed his work, but America adored him as the “People’s Poet”.
    Be A Friend - Edgar Albert Guest
    Be a friend. You don't need money:
    Just a disposition sunny;
    Just the wish to help another
    Get along some way or other;
    Just a kindly hand extended
    Out to one who's unbefriended;
    Just the will to give or lend,
    This will make you someone's friend.
    Be a friend. You don't need glory.
    Friendship is a simple story.
    Pass by trifling errors blindly,
    Gaze on honest effort kindly,
    Cheer the youth who's bravely trying,
    Pity him who's sadly sighing;
    Just a little labor spend
    On the duties of a friend.
    Be a friend. The pay is bigger
    (Though not written by a figure)
    Than is earned by people clever
    In what's merely self-endeavor.
    You'll have friends instead of neighbors
    For the profits of your labors;
    You'll be richer in the end
    Than a prince, if you're a friend.
    #friendship #friend #poem

КОМЕНТАРІ • 274

  • @johnbyrne2127
    @johnbyrne2127 3 роки тому +275

    "There is no possession more valuable than a good and faithful friend."-
    Socrates

  • @MyPersonalCoachingClub
    @MyPersonalCoachingClub 3 роки тому +218

    A real friend who understands your tears is much more valuable than alot of 'friends' who only know your smile !!

    • @sivasankar9694
      @sivasankar9694 3 роки тому +2

      That doesn’t rhyme try a little harder next time 😂🤣😉🗣🕉🇬🇧

    • @rhondabaroli2683
      @rhondabaroli2683 3 роки тому +1

      Beautiful poem

    • @isisheggs8065
      @isisheggs8065 3 роки тому +1

      This is a good one!

    • @someguy4003
      @someguy4003 3 роки тому +15

      @@sivasankar9694 not everything in poetry has to rhyme

    • @rhondabaroli2683
      @rhondabaroli2683 3 роки тому +1

      It's impossible to get away from the judgmental paparazzi ..it is a nice poem I got a few friends that write all I know is I tried to be a friend .I tired of proving that and people don't respect honesty any more and you tell me one person thst and hubs are great at it. It's called reality . In my book we speak up we speak direct we say sorry in life where it matter s . And omg I done explsining to EVERYONE . People thst live in glass should not throw stone period ..Love endure s and I tire of enduring everyone crap .I Said I was Sorry .and i said it in many letter s Direct ..thing git mean when wounded didn't...people wont play fair love them any way And everyone a judge

  • @28noble
    @28noble 3 роки тому +137

    This poem bought me to tears. Be a friend, everyone. And love one another. I love you, dear reader. ❤️✨💫

  • @johnbyrne2127
    @johnbyrne2127 3 роки тому +128

    "Silence is a true friend who never betrays."-
    Confucius.

  • @xmifi
    @xmifi 3 роки тому +97

    So beautiful. Poetry is an art that touches our soul.

  • @homoheidelbergensis7756
    @homoheidelbergensis7756 3 роки тому +55

    be a frwend. You dont need glory.Friendship is a simple story.

  • @TheDhammaHub
    @TheDhammaHub 3 роки тому +63

    The best way to get a good friend is to be a good friend!

  • @jocelyncaro8748
    @jocelyncaro8748 3 роки тому +27

    A friend in need is a friend indeed!!

    • @yomstarr
      @yomstarr 3 роки тому +2

      Rightly said my friend.

  • @laurenreid5744
    @laurenreid5744 3 роки тому +10

    Be a friend everyone needs to have good friends. Someone who one can trust communication always is a plus. To have someone to talk and listen too and to be sincere and honest with you. A person who will always be there when life seems so unfair. To support you and your goals til the end now that is what I feel is a friend.

  • @mamapadure5780
    @mamapadure5780 3 роки тому +26

    “All men have stars, but they are not the same things for different people. For some, who are travelers, the stars are guides. For others they are no more than little lights in the sky. For others, who are scholars, they are problems... But all these stars are silent. You-You alone will have stars as no one else has them... In one of the stars I shall be living. In one of them I shall be laughing. And so it will be as if all the stars will be laughing when you look at the sky at night..You, only you, will have stars that can laugh! And when your sorrow is comforted (time soothes all sorrows) you will be content that you have known me... You will always be my friend. You will want to laugh with me. And you will sometimes open your window, so, for that pleasure... It will be as if, in place of the stars, I had given you a great number of little bells that knew how to laugh”
    ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

  • @isisheggs8065
    @isisheggs8065 3 роки тому +13

    True friends are hard to come by so if you have one consider yourself blessed

  • @arjunaninditasinha2430
    @arjunaninditasinha2430 3 роки тому +29

    To make a good friend and to be a good one are tasks, equally hard. Be a friend to the world, and be a friend to yourself.♥️

    • @margaretem.385
      @margaretem.385 2 роки тому

      Expectations may cause stress on friendships ... but willingness is all that’s needed to be a friend ... every good deed done for another is the start of a good friendship🌟

  • @johngalvin3124
    @johngalvin3124 3 роки тому +9

    When you can sit in comfortable silence...you are with a friend.

  • @johnbyrne2127
    @johnbyrne2127 3 роки тому +77

    "You learn who your friends are when the sh-t hits the fan."-
    Ozzy Osbourne

  • @shaun5944
    @shaun5944 3 роки тому +27

    This is great. I wouldn't have made it if it hadn't have been for a very good friend. I had another nervous breakdown in March 2016. He new just what to say and do. God bless you my brother, you know who you are 👍♥️

    • @THEGREATNESSGUIDE
      @THEGREATNESSGUIDE 3 роки тому +1

      Bless you dr........grateful to the soul which made you stronger...

  • @_Lightning_Dog_
    @_Lightning_Dog_ 3 роки тому +10

    I’ve just realized that I could be a better friend to myself 🤯

  • @sohailsameer2233
    @sohailsameer2233 3 роки тому +3

    Friendliness is life enriching

  • @gerrimiller3491
    @gerrimiller3491 2 роки тому +5

    Speak with your heart💛no words needed

  • @johndillermand4053
    @johndillermand4053 3 роки тому +10

    Gods bless

  • @adityasurve8106
    @adityasurve8106 2 роки тому +3

    Friendship is a simple story. Oh, what a powerful life poetry by Edgar A. Guest.👍👍👍
    Marvellously recited.👍👍👍

  • @mamapadure5780
    @mamapadure5780 3 роки тому +33

    " The time will come
    when, with elation,
    you will greet yourself arriving
    at your own door, in your own mirror,
    and each will smile at the other's welcome,
    And say, sit here. Eat.
    You will love again the stranger who was yourself.
    Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart
    to itself, to the stranger who has loved you
    all your life, whom you ignored
    for another, who knows you by heart.
    Take down the love letters from the bookshelf,
    the photographs, the desperate notes,
    peel your own image from the mirror.
    Sit. Feast on your life."
    * Love after Love *
    by Derek Walcott

    • @denisehill1705
      @denisehill1705 3 роки тому +1

      Beautiful poem about loving yourself. Thanks for sharing!

    • @verityconstantine1140
      @verityconstantine1140 3 роки тому +1

      Thank you very much ! Sometimes we really need a reminding that there is someone in our life we should love and care about - this is our " I" what we never should lose.

    • @alectronablack555
      @alectronablack555 2 роки тому +1

      this is beautiful!!!!! THank you. Love yas

  • @peacelovejoy8786
    @peacelovejoy8786 2 роки тому +3

    Kindness never gets old - it has no expiration date 🦋

  • @lin90210
    @lin90210 3 роки тому +11

    This poem really resonated with me. Wow

  • @pl3459
    @pl3459 3 роки тому +31

    Aww makes me think of the Winnie the Pooh story books.

  • @asogundaniel
    @asogundaniel 2 роки тому +5

    Cheer the youth who's bravely trying...Never tire my friend

  • @johnbyrne2127
    @johnbyrne2127 3 роки тому +41

    My best friend was Kim, a Labrador bearded collie cross, she was loyal, loving and faithful to the end.

    • @THEGREATNESSGUIDE
      @THEGREATNESSGUIDE 3 роки тому +1

      Your friend is so loyal , so lovable.....so cute ....so unique..👍

    • @SkyBlue6365
      @SkyBlue6365 3 роки тому +1

      A quality so rare among humans these days

    • @tillyvickers2721
      @tillyvickers2721 3 роки тому

      Our great friend, our dog Poète, passed away on the 26th April. Loved, love, will love him always.

  • @interventionspecialist4337
    @interventionspecialist4337 3 роки тому +6

    Despite all the snide comments that have not gone unnoticed the sentiment behind this piece is touching and something the world needs to embrace more often. A nice reminder of what is and what should be ignored. “ Be a friend “ That’ll do.

  • @nordicthunder2560
    @nordicthunder2560 3 роки тому +2

    i wish i had a friend

  • @vicpalushaj
    @vicpalushaj 3 роки тому +6

    Beautiful

  • @colbyd.5044
    @colbyd.5044 3 роки тому +7

    Beautiful!

  • @Sameoldfitup
    @Sameoldfitup 2 роки тому +1

    Life is all memory 💙💚

  • @amarendraborah6941
    @amarendraborah6941 3 роки тому +5

    "Adversity is a crucible, where friendship is tasted !"

  • @cafepoem189
    @cafepoem189 2 роки тому +7

    In the poem, the speaker talks about the importance and benefits of becoming someone's friend by helping them in one way or other.

  • @utopiawish
    @utopiawish 3 роки тому +3

    This poem is a masterpiece, thank you.

  • @christopherpelll3602
    @christopherpelll3602 2 роки тому +1

    Amen thank you to all the friends over the years because without you all we may have not succeeded 🙏☝️☝️☝️☝️

  • @musikalisasiNRS
    @musikalisasiNRS 3 роки тому +11

    a friend is everything .. a place to share stories .. joke together .. & a place to express a feeling to each other . ( poet from Indonesia )

    • @lin90210
      @lin90210 3 роки тому +1

      I like that :)

    • @musikalisasiNRS
      @musikalisasiNRS 3 роки тому

      @@lin90210 .. Thank you so much ( introduce me from Indonesia 😊 )

    • @THEGREATNESSGUIDE
      @THEGREATNESSGUIDE 3 роки тому +1

      Good one...👍

    • @musikalisasiNRS
      @musikalisasiNRS 3 роки тому +1

      @@THEGREATNESSGUIDE .. Thank so much 😊 ( poet from Indonesia )

  • @treacymasterson
    @treacymasterson Рік тому +1

    A real friend, is there , no matter what , as they say in the end you always find out who your true friends are 🤔💖

  • @UtkarshSingh-ph1iq
    @UtkarshSingh-ph1iq 3 роки тому +3

    Your roaring voice shook my soul💥

  • @jacquelineweeden7768
    @jacquelineweeden7768 3 роки тому +1

    I'm now learning I need to be a good friend to myself first.. to enjoy my own company, to treat myself with respect and love.. eat a healthy diet and be in the now.. friends will mirror x

  • @harshitsaini524
    @harshitsaini524 3 роки тому +2

    What a powerful voice👌

  • @MFF1967
    @MFF1967 3 роки тому +3

    I wish I could tell a few friends just how much they meant to me both past and present!

    • @Topmember
      @Topmember 6 місяців тому

      They should know without your having to tell them.

  • @rupadey6651
    @rupadey6651 3 роки тому +4

    It reminds me of my hostel room mate 😭😭 Thank you Red frost motivation for such a recall

  • @magniusdovahquill2948
    @magniusdovahquill2948 Рік тому

    This poem is bittersweet. Tonight, I conversed with my sister, being there as an older brother. I helped her contend with past pains and future uncertainties, allowing her to vent and validating her frustrations. I listened without judgement, attentive. It ended with a long hug and tears shed.
    Then, the conversation turned.
    I don't remember the exact question, or how it flipped from me giving support to me getting support. Still, beyond all belief, I got support. We explored the way I give more often than I get. We explored how people are there when crises emerge and when I am close to breaking from fatigue, helping others. We also talked about how quickly they disappear the moment the storm quiets. When I am able to stand again and help others, to be normal, they vanish, my friend and family.
    Now, to their credit, this is not always so, but that is a very new thing. When you spend most of your life learning that no cares enough to check-in without needing to be convinced to do so... or when you're taught through a million let-downs that what you care about isn't exciting or easy enough to have some one pay attention... you learn to draw attention to yourself. As a child that was acting out, but as an adult, that is helping others. So, kind and reliable and trustworthy. Either way, it is always a manner of getting attention, even if not intentionally. It is a way to convince people that you're worth caring about.
    You learn to convince them because they won't do it otherwise. I just got a lot better at doing it.
    This is an odd place for a confession like this. I'll likely transcribe the passage, or at least the heart of it, into a personal journal by hand. Yet, there is catharsis. To tell someone, you just want them to care enough to take a genuine interest in you. To be able to, in painstakingly visceral, emotional, terms express how you don't exist to others beyond your ability to convince them to pay attention to you. That is release. More than that, it is wisdom. Now I know. What was buried was unearthed. Now, I face one question that only I can answer:
    What am I going to do about it?

  • @bhirgpoetree3720
    @bhirgpoetree3720 3 роки тому +1

    Beautiful. Thank you.

  • @aniokemark3402
    @aniokemark3402 3 роки тому

    Beautiful! Just beautiful!

  • @sharonallison9922
    @sharonallison9922 3 роки тому

    ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL...🙏😇💞

  • @abagthiari9666
    @abagthiari9666 2 роки тому +4

    Masha Allah🌙 Be a Friend,..Cheer the youth who's bravely trying,..🌹🍃😆

  • @christopherpelll3602
    @christopherpelll3602 2 роки тому +1

    You can do 10000 million things nothing for certain nothing remains so be a friend ☝️

  • @bababablok6371
    @bababablok6371 2 роки тому

    meshira vije nga njeriu si ka te ndertuar edukaten shpirtrore

  • @pietroaretino6390
    @pietroaretino6390 3 роки тому +3

    I'm happy to have two real friends and to be one in turn.

  • @SAMWARRENiIS
    @SAMWARRENiIS 3 роки тому +1

    I want to listen to this everyday.

  • @daveortizaa363
    @daveortizaa363 2 роки тому

    Passion friendship then love is one and plenty of many highly powerful qoutes that you will ever come a pond.

  • @bettermanchannel770
    @bettermanchannel770 3 роки тому +2

    Someone with trust, accountability, same direction and balls!!!

  • @joshualarbi8563
    @joshualarbi8563 3 роки тому +6

    Wow, what a great poem😢

  • @DRGWRailfan
    @DRGWRailfan 3 роки тому +5

    Great video as always.

  • @themutualfriend5286
    @themutualfriend5286 3 роки тому +2

    That was beautiful.

  • @LINESTELECOMCORDEDTELEPHONES
    @LINESTELECOMCORDEDTELEPHONES Рік тому +1

    നിങ്ങളുടെ അവതരണം / ഒരു രക്ഷയും ഇല്ല😔
    Watching from INDIA🇮🇳

  • @suesmith9665
    @suesmith9665 3 роки тому +2

    I love these, you guy are the best.

  • @InspirationFromThePast
    @InspirationFromThePast 3 роки тому

    I always enjoyed poetry, but until I started, to write myself, I don't think I truly been able to appreciate the fine writings like this and how difficult it can be to write something worth while. Also very beautiful read, excellent work by Narrator, he truly managed to bring the poem to life.

  • @johnbyrne2127
    @johnbyrne2127 3 роки тому +9

    "Count your age by friends, not years, count your life by smiles not tears."-
    John Lennon.

    • @mawi1172
      @mawi1172 3 роки тому

      John Lennon died friendless, except for that witch he married.

  • @Soirse8
    @Soirse8 3 роки тому

    I love all of these x

  • @Soirse8
    @Soirse8 3 роки тому

    So beautiful x

  • @tushyranx5860
    @tushyranx5860 3 роки тому

    Powerful words there

  • @redsol3629
    @redsol3629 2 роки тому +1

    Keep gathering your collections my friend, it really helps 🥀

  • @TOMTOM-nh3nl
    @TOMTOM-nh3nl 6 місяців тому

    Thank You

  • @castlebboy
    @castlebboy 3 роки тому

    Shallow to depth ' still = wow " Edgar Albert guest will always remember you. Wish you were my friend.

  • @Faiz_Alii
    @Faiz_Alii 3 роки тому +13

    Friends knock on the door. Best friends walk into your house and start eating.👍

  • @starr7432
    @starr7432 3 роки тому

    I Love Edgar...💛💚💙

  • @motivation7647
    @motivation7647 2 роки тому +4

    “Love is born of memory, lives from intelligence and dies from forgetfulness.”
    - Pablo Neruda

  • @alexanderjackson1379
    @alexanderjackson1379 Рік тому

    A friend in NEED is a friend INDEED 💙

  • @canaanredie6566
    @canaanredie6566 Рік тому

    This is great and relaxing

  • @aziruchiha4361
    @aziruchiha4361 3 роки тому

    Phenomenonal...

  • @JasperAuxilio
    @JasperAuxilio 3 роки тому +1

    wow this is so beautiful

  • @PatrickGraven
    @PatrickGraven 3 роки тому +2

    If you embark on an uncharted path, infinite secrets will appear at the end. Always have an attitude towards life to strive to be better and allow the nature of spirituality as a path to achieve greatness. The true meaning of the samurai is one who serves and adheres to the power of love and peace. Most importantly, always has to rise and move on, because new challenges will come along the way.

  • @raptalkpoetry
    @raptalkpoetry 3 роки тому +1

    Nice poem, Smooth Delivery

  • @JZChawngthu
    @JZChawngthu 3 роки тому +1

    Remind me of my old man🙏

  • @sivasankar9694
    @sivasankar9694 3 роки тому

    Excellently narrated 👏👍🕉🇬🇧🗣😁

  • @sahabshraddha8453
    @sahabshraddha8453 3 роки тому

    Be a friend!!!!!! Everything 🌷♥️ in this line unmeasurable Nd it's not a philosophy.feelings of love ♥️ emotions of true 💯 love 🤗❤️

  • @Shruti_SB
    @Shruti_SB 3 роки тому +1

    Classy 👌👏

  • @TakeBackYourMind997
    @TakeBackYourMind997 3 роки тому +4

    What you put out into the world you will receive. Give love, acceptance, patience and all the other beautiful qualities of life, and you will receive them in return.

    • @yomstarr
      @yomstarr 3 роки тому +1

      Whatever a man sow, he shall reap in the order in which he sow.

    • @TakeBackYourMind997
      @TakeBackYourMind997 3 роки тому

      @@yomstarr Exactly!

    • @keepcalm7453
      @keepcalm7453 3 роки тому +1

      How much time does it take to return??

    • @TakeBackYourMind997
      @TakeBackYourMind997 3 роки тому +1

      @@keepcalm7453 I don't think that's a question that can be answered to be honest with you.

    • @yomstarr
      @yomstarr 3 роки тому

      @@keepcalm7453 you see, the world is like a mirror, when you smile at it, a smile is what you get in return. In life, There are different seeds, which take different period to germinate, grow, shot out and thrive. So, is the good deed you are giving to the world. It might take time, it might delay but it will surely come to you looking beautiful.

  • @justnbm
    @justnbm 3 роки тому +1

    The rhyme🔥🔥🥵💯

  • @yetcurious3833
    @yetcurious3833 3 роки тому +5

    To offer yourself to someone for smiles,
    To share someone's grief,
    To have love in your heart for someone,
    This is what life is all about.
    Granted, we are poor, by the standard of our pockets.
    Even so, we are rich at heart.
    Perish for love that is Life,
    Crave for spring that is life,
    This we believe, though others may not,
    That this is what life is all about.
    Relationship between the heart and the hearts trust,
    The name of love lives on because of us.
    Even if we die, we will be remembered by someone,
    That we will smile through someone's tears,
    A flower will tell a bud, on and on,
    That this is what life is all about.

  • @moroccandeepweb5880
    @moroccandeepweb5880 3 роки тому +10

    Blessed Ramadan

  • @santinokaki1524
    @santinokaki1524 3 роки тому +1

    Love your channel

  • @riverwildcat1
    @riverwildcat1 3 роки тому

    Beautiful. He was a natural Christian.

  • @messier8769
    @messier8769 Рік тому

    God bless you Bryan, my passed away friend.
    one day I'll be united with you, when it is time for my end.
    I celebrate your friendship, although to me it was brief. I will celebrate your life, or I'd be miserable in grief.
    When I look back on our youth, I know our friendship was true.
    If I could take back your passing, please know that I would.
    I miss you soo much, that I wish it was me.
    thank you so much, forever a friend in me.
    RIP - Bryan Joseph Mosby!
    GONE BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN!

  • @ljupkaacevska9951
    @ljupkaacevska9951 2 місяці тому

    Amen ❤

  • @S3RAVA3LM
    @S3RAVA3LM 3 роки тому +2

    I have no friends; I can be a friend

  • @mybike6749
    @mybike6749 3 роки тому +2

    Keep uploading videos like this..

  • @blissbeingthiest4054
    @blissbeingthiest4054 2 роки тому

    My best friend within me.. Always seeking me... After having such inner friend.. All human beings are my friends..

  • @cathycharalambous4309
    @cathycharalambous4309 2 роки тому

    So my dear friend.! We're have you been Thru my storm! 🌪💔💙🌫Oh...you didn't know? Well. A friend would know. No! Maybe you weren't such a good friend after All. I still wish you All the happiness one can behold🌬🙏🏼
    🌱

  • @wanderingsoul1189
    @wanderingsoul1189 3 роки тому

    Many flowers and few good friends.

  • @danielvieira3471
    @danielvieira3471 3 роки тому +2

    *fwend*

  • @ej4492
    @ej4492 Рік тому

    Glory be The Lord and His Lord

  • @onlypearls4651
    @onlypearls4651 11 місяців тому

    I am a friend to many, though I don't have many friends.

  • @elsaberhe9704
    @elsaberhe9704 3 роки тому

    Thank you! All that God / Jesus wants for us; the way to have it all! God bless all. Love you♥️

  • @alexanderjohannesgibbert8906
    @alexanderjohannesgibbert8906 3 роки тому +3

    Gaze on honest effort kindly

  • @bjorngerressen
    @bjorngerressen 2 роки тому

    "Posty"My friend!

  • @stefanjovanovic5651
    @stefanjovanovic5651 3 роки тому +3

    Thanks for these beautiful poems with great voice overs, if you could do one of my favorite poems from "Prayer to son" from sir Douglas MacArthur I would be very grateful. Thanks again for all, best wishes!

  • @fosterhellendoorn4656
    @fosterhellendoorn4656 3 роки тому

    Yes. Yes YES!!!!