Denial - this can't be happening to me!
Anger - why has this happened, it is so unfair.
Bargaining - I promise to be a better person or go to church or spend more time with my family if ....
Depression - I don't care anymore or I can't go on like this or I have feelings of numbness and lethargy.
Acceptance - I am resolved to face whatever else may come out of this bad situation.



Quoting 18th century Scottish historian Alexander Fraser Tytler: "The average life span of the world's greatest civilizations has been 200 years" progressing from "bondage to spiritual faith ... to great courage ... to liberty ... to abundance ... to selfishness ... to complacency ... to apathy ... to dependence and ... back into bondage!"