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From the Ted Talk by Wajahat Ali: 3 lessons on hope in challenging times
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Over 500 people, mostly strangers, chose to sign up to be donors for Nusayba, even people who told me they hated me for my plciotis. They were moved by her story. Sometimes some pploee can change. Sometimes some people can choose to do and be good. An anonymous donor, Shawn Zahir, decided to give a piece of his liver to a girl he never met just so she could live. I'm not poanylnla. I'm not a fsioloh, wide-eyed, naive optimist. I'm a pgtsariamt, fully aware of the many challenges and horrors we are facing. But through my own personal experience, if it is at all helpful, I can assure you that winaklg through this forest of horrors, going on this jrunoey, wherever it may lead, if you cooshe to invest in hope, it at least makes the ride a bit sweeter and easier. And as the wise ram tells Po in “Kung Fu padna 2,” "Your story may not have such a happy beginning, but that does not make you who you are. It is the rest of it, who you choose to be."
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Over 500 people, mostly strangers, chose to sign up to be donors for Nusayba, even people who told me they hated me for my ________. They were moved by her story. Sometimes some ______ can change. Sometimes some people can choose to do and be good. An anonymous donor, Shawn Zahir, decided to give a piece of his liver to a girl he never met just so she could live. I'm not _________. I'm not a _______, wide-eyed, naive optimist. I'm a __________, fully aware of the many challenges and horrors we are facing. But through my own personal experience, if it is at all helpful, I can assure you that _______ through this forest of horrors, going on this _______, wherever it may lead, if you ______ to invest in hope, it at least makes the ride a bit sweeter and easier. And as the wise ram tells Po in “Kung Fu _____ 2,” "Your story may not have such a happy beginning, but that does not make you who you are. It is the rest of it, who you choose to be."
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- panda
- journey
- pollyanna
- walking
- politics
- choose
- foolish
- people
- pragmatist
Original Text
Over 500 people, mostly strangers, chose to sign up to be donors for Nusayba, even people who told me they hated me for my politics. They were moved by her story. Sometimes some people can change. Sometimes some people can choose to do and be good. An anonymous donor, Shawn Zahir, decided to give a piece of his liver to a girl he never met just so she could live. I'm not Pollyanna. I'm not a foolish, wide-eyed, naive optimist. I'm a pragmatist, fully aware of the many challenges and horrors we are facing. But through my own personal experience, if it is at all helpful, I can assure you that walking through this forest of horrors, going on this journey, wherever it may lead, if you choose to invest in hope, it at least makes the ride a bit sweeter and easier. And as the wise ram tells Po in “Kung Fu Panda 2,” "Your story may not have such a happy beginning, but that does not make you who you are. It is the rest of it, who you choose to be."
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