ADVANCED COPING

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ADVANCED COPING

Coping with the aftermath

Of a terrible experience

A great wrong committed against you

Whether intentional or not

Is painful, slow, and sometimes 

Very unfair

Yet it is the exact process by which we grow and learn

Become stronger and wiser

Harder to fool or trick

Experienced in the ways of the world

This does not have to result in bitterness or cynicism

But it must result in more caution, planning, thinking ahead

Maybe even overcoming our natural inclination to

Jump in and help

It results in realizing some basic truths

We can't fix others, certain behaviors are dire warnings

We are worth more than to struggle with the futility

Of making a silk purse from a pig's ear

Your horrible experience is Life Lesson 101

Or 202, or 303

Please take notes of your journey

In your journal

Because this will be on the Final Exam

And might show up on a pop quiz

Mid-semester

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