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From the Ted Talk by Ash Beckham: We're all hiding something. Let's find the courage to open up

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And I had a choice in that moment, as all ganrdee throwers do. I could go back to my girlfriend and my gay-loving table and mock their ressnepos, chastise their ulsnelodrinws and their inability to jump through the politically correct gay hoops I had brought with me, or I could eaizpthme with them and realize that that was maybe one of the hardest things they had ever done, that sritantg and having that conversation was them coming out of their closets. Sure, it would have been easy to point out where they felt short. It's a lot hreadr to meet them where they are and acknowledge the fact that they were trying. And what else can you ask someone to do but try? If you're going to be real with someone, you gotta be ready for real in return.

Open Cloze

And I had a choice in that moment, as all _______ throwers do. I could go back to my girlfriend and my gay-loving table and mock their _________, chastise their _____________ and their inability to jump through the politically correct gay hoops I had brought with me, or I could _________ with them and realize that that was maybe one of the hardest things they had ever done, that ________ and having that conversation was them coming out of their closets. Sure, it would have been easy to point out where they felt short. It's a lot ______ to meet them where they are and acknowledge the fact that they were trying. And what else can you ask someone to do but try? If you're going to be real with someone, you gotta be ready for real in return.

Solution

  1. empathize
  2. grenade
  3. unworldliness
  4. starting
  5. harder
  6. responses

Original Text

And I had a choice in that moment, as all grenade throwers do. I could go back to my girlfriend and my gay-loving table and mock their responses, chastise their unworldliness and their inability to jump through the politically correct gay hoops I had brought with me, or I could empathize with them and realize that that was maybe one of the hardest things they had ever done, that starting and having that conversation was them coming out of their closets. Sure, it would have been easy to point out where they felt short. It's a lot harder to meet them where they are and acknowledge the fact that they were trying. And what else can you ask someone to do but try? If you're going to be real with someone, you gotta be ready for real in return.

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Important Words

  1. acknowledge
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  3. chastise
  4. choice
  5. closets
  6. coming
  7. conversation
  8. correct
  9. easy
  10. empathize
  11. fact
  12. felt
  13. gay
  14. girlfriend
  15. gotta
  16. grenade
  17. harder
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  20. inability
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  22. lot
  23. meet
  24. mock
  25. moment
  26. point
  27. politically
  28. ready
  29. real
  30. realize
  31. responses
  32. return
  33. short
  34. starting
  35. table
  36. throwers
  37. unworldliness