Companioning Project: BeliefNet.com

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The Companioning Project
A great trauma is usually followed by a heroic phase, in which friends and “angels” rise to the occasion. A deep hunger for community is aroused by the shared experience of tragedy. In the affluent suburb of Middletown, for the first six months after 9/ll, people would hug and cry and talk about significant things even with people on the street. But, inevitably, many adopted the American credo for dealing with disaster: “Time to move on.” Put it behind us.” “Get over it.”

The concept of knowing and caring for your neighbor – the person next-door or just over the bridge – is the essence of an enduring community. We all share in the passage of renewal that follows the September 11th trauma, and offering one another companionship as we continue on that passage is what can sustain the caring that is essential for community.

I’d like to invite you to participate in THE COMPANIONING PROJECT. Through BELIEFNET, we invite you to join Middletown family members, survivors, caregivers, clerics, first responders and volunteers and the greater international community as we commemorate the second anniversary of 9/11. The Companioning Project, designed to shift the focus from how one died to how one lived their lives, includes a special discussion board with Gail Sheehy who will answer your questions and share in the experience of the healing journey.

Click here to go to an interview with Gail on Middletown, America

Click here to enter the discussion area

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