A Collection of Quality Coping Statements For Practice

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Collection of Quality Coping Statements to Practice

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I am inclined to […], but I can survive if […].
I am partial to […], but I can cope with life if it doesn’t work out.
I desire to control […], but I can make the best of my life even if I never learn how.
I fancy […], but I can work it out if […].
I favor […], but it isn’t crucial to my happiness.
I had sooner […], but I can adapt either way.
I lean towards […], but I can get along if it does or doesn’t happen.
I want […], but I can tolerate what I get.
I want […] to be corrected as soon as possible, but I will be OK even if it never is.
I want what I want and I want it now, but I’ve learned that it is not a catastrophe, a disaster, awful, horrible, terrible, or the end of the world even if I never get it.
I wish […] would happen, but I can cope with reality if it never does.
I would choose […], but I won’t fall apart if […].
I would like […], but I can manage even if it doesn’t.
I would like it better if […], but I can make the best of it if […].
I would prefer it if […], but I can stand it if it doesn’t happen.
I would rather […], but in all honesty, it really doesn’t matter much in the long run.
I would select […] given the opportunity, but I can adapt to life with […] anyway.
I would sooner […], but I can make do with whatever.
It is more desirable for me that […], but in a hundred years who will care or remember?
It is my predilection that […], but I will manage with or without it.
It would be nice if […] were changed, but I can live with it as it is.
It would seem better if […], but I can accept it if […] happens instead.
My first choice would be […], but it is really not that important.

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MORE COPING STARTERS

acclimate
accommodate
accustomed
act flexibly
adapt
adjust
adjust to the facts
become accustomed to
come to terms with
contend with
deal with
get accustomed to
get adapted
get used to
grapple with
hang tough
harden myself to it
inure myself to it
make peace with it
manage
moderate
reconcile my wants
resolve myself to it
sanely struggle with
sanely wrestle with
temper my desire
think flexibly
tough-minded
toughen up
weather the storm
work it out.

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GENERAL COPING PHRASES

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Accept the things you cannot change and change the things you can.
adapt and adjust
all is not lost
be patient
be satisfied with your best effort
choose your battles
count to ten
detach yourself from it
don’t be so serious
don’t force it
don’t let it get the best of you
don’t let it get to you
don’t look back unless that is where you want to go
don’t make a federal case out of it
don’t take it so seriously
don’t take yourself so seriously
each day is a new beginning
easy does it
endure until the end
expect the worst and hope for the best
first, make the best of what you got
forgive to be forgiven
give it a rest
give it time
give them the benefit of the doubt
give yourself a break
go back to it when you are fresh
hope for the best and plan for the worst
it is what it is
I can take it.
I can tolerate what I don’t like.
I don’t need what I want.
I have survived worse.
if it’s to be, then it’s up to me
if you’ve got lemons—make lemonade
it’s no big deal
it’s nothing
keep an open mind
keep on keeping on
keep on trucking
keep trying in trying times
keep your chin up
learn what is serious and laugh at the rest
let it be
let it go
let it go in one ear and out the other
lighten up
like it or lump it
live and let live
motivation follows action
no pain no gain
oh well
one day it will all be just a memory
quitters never win and winners never quit
relax; roll with the punches
see it from their point of view
shucks
sleep on it
stay flexible
stop moping and start coping
stop stewing and start doing
stuff happens
take a break
take it easy
take it one day at a time
that’s life
that’s the way it is—too bad
that’s the way the cookie crumbles
the evil you know is better than the evil you don’t know
the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh
the world won’t come to an end
there’s no telling
things can always get worse
think about it first
this too will pass
this is temporary
tomorrow you’ll see it in a new light
tomorrow’s another day
too bad
tough luck
turn it over
walk a mile in their shoes before you judge them
we’ll do what we can
we’re all the same
what goes around comes around
what you resist persists
what’s done is done
what’s gone is gone
what’s the hurry
whatever will be will be
when the going gets tough the tough get going
when your dreams turn to dust—vacuum
who knows
who would have guessed
you can’t win them all
you have to start to finish
you need a destination to arrive

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Quotations Various Sources

“For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.” —I Peter 2:20

“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.” —Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

“When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing, or situation–some fact of my life–unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing, or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment.” —Alcoholics Anonymous, 3rd Edition (The Big Book), page 449

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