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From the Ted Talk by Yifat Susskind: In uncertain times, think like a mother
Unscramble the Blue Letters
When I was growing up, whether we were suctk in traffic or dealing with a flamiy tragedy, my mother would say, "Something good is going to happen, we just don't know what it is yet." Now, I will admit that my brothers and I make fun of her for this, but people ask me all the time how I deal with the suffering that I see in my work in refugee cpams and disaster zones, and I think of my mom and that seed of pslositibiy that she pnaeltd in me. Because, when you believe that something good is coming and you're part of making it happen, you start to be able to see beyond the suffering to how things could be.
Open Cloze
When I was growing up, whether we were _____ in traffic or dealing with a ______ tragedy, my mother would say, "Something good is going to happen, we just don't know what it is yet." Now, I will admit that my brothers and I make fun of her for this, but people ask me all the time how I deal with the suffering that I see in my work in refugee _____ and disaster zones, and I think of my mom and that seed of ___________ that she _______ in me. Because, when you believe that something good is coming and you're part of making it happen, you start to be able to see beyond the suffering to how things could be.
Solution
- camps
- planted
- family
- possibility
- stuck
Original Text
When I was growing up, whether we were stuck in traffic or dealing with a family tragedy, my mother would say, "Something good is going to happen, we just don't know what it is yet." Now, I will admit that my brothers and I make fun of her for this, but people ask me all the time how I deal with the suffering that I see in my work in refugee camps and disaster zones, and I think of my mom and that seed of possibility that she planted in me. Because, when you believe that something good is coming and you're part of making it happen, you start to be able to see beyond the suffering to how things could be.
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