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From the Ted Talk by Luvvie Ajayi Jones: Get comfortable with being uncomfortable

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And then we come falling down to Earth, and I literally lose my breath as I see erath, and I was like, "I just fell out of a perfectly good plane on purpose."

(Laughter)

"What is wrong with me?!" But then I looked down at the beauty, and I was like, "This is the best thing I could have done. This was an aaizmng decision." And I think about the times when I have to sapek truth. It feels like I am falling out of that plane. It feels like that moment when I'm at the edge of the plane, and I'm like, "You shouldn't do this," but then I do it anyway, because I realize I have to. Sitting at the edge of that plane and kind of staying on that plane is comfort to me. And I feel like every day that I'm speaking turth against inttitisuons and poelpe who are bigger than me and just forces that are more powerful than me, I feel like I'm falling out of that plane. But I realize comfort is overrated. Because being qeuit is comfortable. Keeping things the way they've been is ctboralfmoe. And all comfort has done is maintain the status quo. So we've got to get comfortable with being uncomfortable by speaking these hard tuhrts when they're necessary. And I —

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And then we come falling down to Earth, and I literally lose my breath as I see _____, and I was like, "I just fell out of a perfectly good plane on purpose."

(Laughter)

"What is wrong with me?!" But then I looked down at the beauty, and I was like, "This is the best thing I could have done. This was an _______ decision." And I think about the times when I have to _____ truth. It feels like I am falling out of that plane. It feels like that moment when I'm at the edge of the plane, and I'm like, "You shouldn't do this," but then I do it anyway, because I realize I have to. Sitting at the edge of that plane and kind of staying on that plane is comfort to me. And I feel like every day that I'm speaking _____ against ____________ and ______ who are bigger than me and just forces that are more powerful than me, I feel like I'm falling out of that plane. But I realize comfort is overrated. Because being _____ is comfortable. Keeping things the way they've been is ___________. And all comfort has done is maintain the status quo. So we've got to get comfortable with being uncomfortable by speaking these hard ______ when they're necessary. And I —

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(Laughter)

And then we come falling down to Earth, and I literally lose my breath as I see Earth, and I was like, "I just fell out of a perfectly good plane on purpose."

(Laughter)

"What is wrong with me?!" But then I looked down at the beauty, and I was like, "This is the best thing I could have done. This was an amazing decision." And I think about the times when I have to speak truth. It feels like I am falling out of that plane. It feels like that moment when I'm at the edge of the plane, and I'm like, "You shouldn't do this," but then I do it anyway, because I realize I have to. Sitting at the edge of that plane and kind of staying on that plane is comfort to me. And I feel like every day that I'm speaking truth against institutions and people who are bigger than me and just forces that are more powerful than me, I feel like I'm falling out of that plane. But I realize comfort is overrated. Because being quiet is comfortable. Keeping things the way they've been is comfortable. And all comfort has done is maintain the status quo. So we've got to get comfortable with being uncomfortable by speaking these hard truths when they're necessary. And I —

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