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From the Ted Talk by Dan Pallotta: The dream we haven't dared to dream

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Thomas Merton also wrote about wars among snaits and that "there is a pervasive form of contemporary violence to which the idealist most esilay succumbs: activism and overwork. The frenzy of our aisvcitm neutralizes our work for peace. It destroys our own inner capacity for peace." Too often our dreams become these compartmentalized fixations on some future that destroy our ability to be pesrent for our lives right now. Our dmraes of a better life for some future humanity or some other humanity in another country alienate us from the beautiful human beings sitting next to us at this very moment.

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Thomas Merton also wrote about wars among ______ and that "there is a pervasive form of contemporary violence to which the idealist most ______ succumbs: activism and overwork. The frenzy of our ________ neutralizes our work for peace. It destroys our own inner capacity for peace." Too often our dreams become these compartmentalized fixations on some future that destroy our ability to be _______ for our lives right now. Our ______ of a better life for some future humanity or some other humanity in another country alienate us from the beautiful human beings sitting next to us at this very moment.

Solution

  1. dreams
  2. present
  3. easily
  4. saints
  5. activism

Original Text

Thomas Merton also wrote about wars among saints and that "there is a pervasive form of contemporary violence to which the idealist most easily succumbs: activism and overwork. The frenzy of our activism neutralizes our work for peace. It destroys our own inner capacity for peace." Too often our dreams become these compartmentalized fixations on some future that destroy our ability to be present for our lives right now. Our dreams of a better life for some future humanity or some other humanity in another country alienate us from the beautiful human beings sitting next to us at this very moment.

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  33. violence
  34. wars
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