The Handful of Sand
Kevin Hinds was on Fireworks this afternoon and he introduce himself as someone who now knows all of his true friends. He said his dad had given him from very early and analogy of how to determine the number of friends he will have which remained with him all these years
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The Handful Of Sand Take a handful of sand and what do you see Hundreds, even thousands of grains maybe Every one my dad said represents a friend Hold out your palm and shake and then A closer look and count them again Notice how many you have, hardly a grain Do this to determine friends that are true Friends will fall away but true friends will stick to
you Under this testing I grabbed a handful of sand Let go and shook away then checked my hand Only, I must have grabbed sand that was too dry For none stood in my hand, I felt to cry Sand grains denote my friends said KB Kleen And all I tried, I had none as I had seen Now many years afterwards and alone I wonder if I Did it wrong, so tomorrow I’ll go again to the beach and
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