Flowers of Friendship 友谊之花
◎ Tamara K. Vickery
If good friends fell from the sky like raindrops, I’d turn my umbrella upside down and have all that I need.
如果好朋友像雨滴一样从天而降，我会翻转我的雨伞，接住我所需要的一切。
But friends do not come to us that way, instead they shoot up through the ground from a tiny seed of common interest, are cultivated with good times and grow into a beautiful flower to enjoy that continues to bloom as long as it is cared for.
但朋友不是以这种方式来到我们身边的，他们从一粒很小的、有趣的普通种子开始，穿过地面飙升，在你的精心耕种和培育下，成长为一朵美丽的花朵，并不断繁荣茂盛。
These flowers of friendship are gathered into a fragrant bouquet that enhances the world around us and are meant to be enjoyed by ourselves as well as to bring cheer or comfort to others.
这些友谊的花朵聚集一起，变成一束芬芳的花束，令我们周围的世界熠熠生辉，带给我们快乐和舒适，也令他人感到温馨慰藉。
Like flowers, friendships also go through changes, sometimes they are allowed to die, but if you care for them well and tend them with a gentle touch, they will continue to build roots in new places and bloom for years of enjoyment.
就像花朵一样，友谊也会生变，有时它们也会死去，但只要你精心照料，温柔地呵护，它们将会在新的地方生根、开花，带给我们快乐幸福的时光。
When you have found a friend such as this, you will know by the beauty and fragrance that surrounds your life, and it will spread like beautiful wildflowers to enrich all of us.
当你找到了这种友谊，你就会知道，这种美丽和芬芳将环绕着你的生命，像艳丽的野花一样传播漫延，丰富我们所有的人。
