We need not walk alone.
We are The Compassionate Friends
We reach out to each other with love,
with understanding and with hope.

We come together from all walks of life,
From many different circumstances.
We are a unique family,
because we represent many races and creeds.
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 we feel helpless and see no hope.
Some of us have found our faith to be a source of strength;
some of us are struggling to find answers.

Some of us are angry, filled with grief or in deep depression;
others radiate an inner peace.
But whatever pain we bring to this gathering of
The Compassionate Friends, it is pain we share just as we
share with each other our love for our children.

We are all seeking and struggling to build a future
For ourselves, but we are committed to building that
Future together as we reach out to each other in love and
share the pain as well as the joy, 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.