Compassion, Autumn 2020

Autumn 2020 - Compassion | www.tcf.org.uk 18 when you just can’t sleep and feel an overwhelming need to connect with others. I think the best way I can end this review is with the authors’ own words at the end of their introduction. “ Like many young children {we} had started off feeling alone. But just as children draw comfort from their tape players, filling their bedrooms with sound, we found comfort in the words of other writers. The darkness still enveloped us, but now we had company. Good company. And if they could make it through the night, so could we. “ (pp xxviii-xxix). Mary Hartley Both of the reviewed books are available from our library as are many of the books mentioned in ‘A Broken Heart Still Beats’. Lend Me Your Hope Lend me your hope for awhile, I seem to have mislaid mine. Lost and hopeless feelings accompany me daily, Pain and confusion are my companions. I know not where to turn: Looking ahead to future times does not bring forth Images of renewed hope. I see troubled times, pain-filled days, and more tragedy. Lend me your hope for awhile, I seem to have mislaid mine. Hold my hand and hug me: listen to all my ramblings, Recovery seems so far distant. The road to healing seems like a long and lonely one. Lend me your hope for awhile, I seem to have mislaid mine. Stand by me, offer me your presence, your heart and your love. Acknowledge my pain, it is so real and ever present. I am overwhelmed with sad and conflicting thoughts. Lend me your hope for awhile, A time will come when I will heal, And I will share my renewal, hope, and love with others. Anonymous