When I attended the conference on trauma a couple weeks ago, we began the conference by going around the group and sharing a symbol of trauma. At the end of the conference we each shared a symbol of hope in our lives. The group of attendees was a mix of Lebanese and Syrians. One of the Syrians, a Christian man from the Syrian Orthodox church in Damascus, shared a poster of Assad, the president of Syria and shared that he hopes he will regain control of Syria because that is the hope for the safety of Christians. I always find it interesting to hear personal perspectives about the situation because we are getting many mixed messages in the news about which is the "good" or "bad" side. After sharing our symbols of hope, we each placed them together on the table. Above, I have attached a picture of the table and you can find the picture of Assad.
