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Grief counseling

We learn from professionals that there are five stages of dealing with grief. When presented with shocking and unsuspected news, and trying to deal with the reality, one tries to rationalize the outcome. The five stages we read about are: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and finally acceptance.

After progressing through the previous steps we hopefully are able to arrive at a conclusion of growth and good health. In America today a great change is coming in government and the above stages may help many people to accept reality and continue with faith and hope in our American process.

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