Poem I wrote

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STAGES OF HOPING AND COPING

Mildly concerned

Concerned

Starting to worry

Worried

Quite worried

Extremely worried

Frantically worried

Out of my mind with worry

Can't breathe

Pacing and plotting solutions

Exhausted with worry

Collapsing from exhaustion

Feeling powerless

Giving up

Putting it in the hands of my Higher Power

Taking it back

Pacing and planning

Exhausted again

Unhealthy behavior

Giving up again

Putting it back in the hands of my Higher Power

Trusting for a while

Trying to think of how to get power

Failing to think of a way

Leaving it in the hands of my Higher Power

Surrendering

Hoping for the best

Hoping

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