We need not walk
alone. We are The Compassionate Friends.
We
reach out
to each other with love, with understanding, and with
hope.
The
children we mourn have died at all ages and from many different
causes,
but our love for them unites us.
Your
pain becomes my pain, just
as
your hope becomes my hope.
We
come together from all walks of life, from many different
circumstances.
We are a unique family because we represent many races,
creeds, and relationships. We
are young, and we are old. Some of us are
far along in our grief, but others
still feel a grief so fresh and so
intensely painful that they feel
helpless and see no
hope.
Some
of us have found our faith to be a source of strength,
while
some of
us are struggling to find answers.
Some
of us are angry, filled with guilt
or in deep depression,
while others radiate an inner peace.
But
whatever
pain we bring to this gathering of The Compassionate Friends,
it is pain we will share, just
as we share with each other
our love for the children
who have died.
We are all
seeking and struggling to build a future for ourselves,
but we
are committed to building a
future together.
We
reach out to each other in love
to share the
pain as well as the joy,
share the anger as well as the
peace,
share the faith as well as the doubts, and
help each other
to grieve as well as to
grow.
We need not walk alone.
We are The Compassionate Friends.
©2007