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From the Ted Talk by Steven Sharp Nelson: How music can help you find peace after loss

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I never got that chance. So I struggled with this, I really did. But then, I discovered something, something that has compelled me to be on this stage, talking with you today. Isn't it true that our life's most sublime melodies tend to be written during the dark symphonies of our sgturlge? And in this dark smnoyhpy, I found the healing for Mother —? The very thing that had wounded me was the same thing that hleaed me: the power of music. You see, since then, I've spent some very special time with my mom. Through music, I've discovered that the polepe we've lost aren't lost at all, and the holes their absence leaves inside us are not meant to be fllied by someone or something else. Instead, they are intentional, mindful places, menat for us to go to take refuge, to reconnect and to reunite with our loved ones, to find them there, still interested, still invested and somehow, still involved in the details of our leivs. That is where I found my mom.

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I never got that chance. So I struggled with this, I really did. But then, I discovered something, something that has compelled me to be on this stage, talking with you today. Isn't it true that our life's most sublime melodies tend to be written during the dark symphonies of our ________? And in this dark ________, I found the healing for Mother —? The very thing that had wounded me was the same thing that ______ me: the power of music. You see, since then, I've spent some very special time with my mom. Through music, I've discovered that the ______ we've lost aren't lost at all, and the holes their absence leaves inside us are not meant to be ______ by someone or something else. Instead, they are intentional, mindful places, _____ for us to go to take refuge, to reconnect and to reunite with our loved ones, to find them there, still interested, still invested and somehow, still involved in the details of our _____. That is where I found my mom.

Solution


  1. lives
  2. people
  3. meant
  4. healed
  5. struggle
  6. symphony
  7. filled

Original Text


I never got that chance. So I struggled with this, I really did. But then, I discovered something, something that has compelled me to be on this stage, talking with you today. Isn't it true that our life's most sublime melodies tend to be written during the dark symphonies of our struggle? And in this dark symphony, I found the healing for Mother —? The very thing that had wounded me was the same thing that healed me: the power of music. You see, since then, I've spent some very special time with my mom. Through music, I've discovered that the people we've lost aren't lost at all, and the holes their absence leaves inside us are not meant to be filled by someone or something else. Instead, they are intentional, mindful places, meant for us to go to take refuge, to reconnect and to reunite with our loved ones, to find them there, still interested, still invested and somehow, still involved in the details of our lives. That is where I found my mom.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


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