THE COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS
OF LOS ANGELES
The Compassionate Friends Credo
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 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 guilt 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 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 that future together
as we reach out to each other in love
and 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.
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 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 guilt 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 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 that future together
as we reach out to each other in love
and 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.
We need not walk alone. . .
TCF-LA
P.O. Box 67823
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Chapter Phone:
(310) 474-3407
Website:
www.tcfla.org
P.O. Box 67823
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Chapter Phone:
(310) 474-3407
Website:
www.tcfla.org
