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From the Ted Talk by Christina Costa: How gratitude rewires your brain
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So I kept practicing gratitude even when it seemed impossible. I continue to thank my brain for the amazing work it does as I prepare for 12 more rounds of chemo this year. I write down three things I'm grateful for and why I'm geuratfl for them, no matter what, every morning that I wake up. I write "thank you" notes to my heroes and health care, nurses who get the IV in the first time. The anesthesiology resident, who held my hand during the awake pnitoors of my sguerry, radiation tpehirast that play my playlist during treatment and aiitrvntiamdse staff that makes me silme every time I walk into the hospital.
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So I kept practicing gratitude even when it seemed impossible. I continue to thank my brain for the amazing work it does as I prepare for 12 more rounds of chemo this year. I write down three things I'm grateful for and why I'm ________ for them, no matter what, every morning that I wake up. I write "thank you" notes to my heroes and health care, nurses who get the IV in the first time. The anesthesiology resident, who held my hand during the awake ________ of my _______, radiation _________ that play my playlist during treatment and ______________ staff that makes me _____ every time I walk into the hospital.
Solution
- surgery
- therapist
- grateful
- portions
- administrative
- smile
Original Text
So I kept practicing gratitude even when it seemed impossible. I continue to thank my brain for the amazing work it does as I prepare for 12 more rounds of chemo this year. I write down three things I'm grateful for and why I'm grateful for them, no matter what, every morning that I wake up. I write "thank you" notes to my heroes and health care, nurses who get the IV in the first time. The anesthesiology resident, who held my hand during the awake portions of my surgery, radiation therapist that play my playlist during treatment and administrative staff that makes me smile every time I walk into the hospital.
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