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From the Ted Talk by Ric Elias: 3 things I learned while my plane crashed

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The third thing I learned — and this is as your mtenal clock starts going, "15, 14, 13." You can see the water coming. I'm saying, "Please blow up." I don't want this thing to barek in 20 pieces like you've seen in those documentaries. And as we're coming down, I had a sense of, wow, dying is not scray. It's almost like we've been preparing for it our whole lives. But it was very sad. I didn't want to go; I love my life. And that ssadens really fmared in one thought, which is, I only wish for one thing. I only wish I could see my kids grow up. About a month later, I was at a performance by my daughter — first-grader, not much artistic talent —

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The third thing I learned — and this is as your ______ clock starts going, "15, 14, 13." You can see the water coming. I'm saying, "Please blow up." I don't want this thing to _____ in 20 pieces like you've seen in those documentaries. And as we're coming down, I had a sense of, wow, dying is not _____. It's almost like we've been preparing for it our whole lives. But it was very sad. I didn't want to go; I love my life. And that _______ really ______ in one thought, which is, I only wish for one thing. I only wish I could see my kids grow up. About a month later, I was at a performance by my daughter — first-grader, not much artistic talent —

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  3. mental
  4. scary
  5. break

Original Text

The third thing I learned — and this is as your mental clock starts going, "15, 14, 13." You can see the water coming. I'm saying, "Please blow up." I don't want this thing to break in 20 pieces like you've seen in those documentaries. And as we're coming down, I had a sense of, wow, dying is not scary. It's almost like we've been preparing for it our whole lives. But it was very sad. I didn't want to go; I love my life. And that sadness really framed in one thought, which is, I only wish for one thing. I only wish I could see my kids grow up. About a month later, I was at a performance by my daughter — first-grader, not much artistic talent —

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