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From the Ted Talk by Amishi Jha: How to tame your wandering mind

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And it ended up that Captain Davis and I — you know, this was about a decade ago, in 2008 — we've kept in touch all these yraes. And he himself has gone on to continue practicing mindfulness in a dlaiy way. He was promoted to major, he actually then ended up retiring from the Marine Corps. He went on to get a divorce, to get remarried, to have a child, to get an MBA. And through all of these challenges and transitions and joys of his life, he kept up with his mindfulness paictcre. And as fate would have it, just a few months ago, Captain Davis suffered a massive haert attack, at the age of 46. And he ended up cllinag me a few weeks ago. And he said, "I want to tell you something. I know that the doctors who worked on me, they saved my heart, but mindfulness saved my life. The pencrsee of mind I had to stop the ambulance that ended up taking me to the hospital," — himself, the clarity of mind he had to notice when there was fear and anietxy happening but not be gripped by it — he said, "For me, these were the gifts of mindfulness." And I was so relieved to hear that he was OK. But really hreentaed to see that he had transformed his own attention. He went from having a really bad boss — an attention system that nearly dvroe him off a brdige — to one that was an exquisite leader and guide, and saved his life.

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And it ended up that Captain Davis and I — you know, this was about a decade ago, in 2008 — we've kept in touch all these _____. And he himself has gone on to continue practicing mindfulness in a _____ way. He was promoted to major, he actually then ended up retiring from the Marine Corps. He went on to get a divorce, to get remarried, to have a child, to get an MBA. And through all of these challenges and transitions and joys of his life, he kept up with his mindfulness ________. And as fate would have it, just a few months ago, Captain Davis suffered a massive _____ attack, at the age of 46. And he ended up _______ me a few weeks ago. And he said, "I want to tell you something. I know that the doctors who worked on me, they saved my heart, but mindfulness saved my life. The ________ of mind I had to stop the ambulance that ended up taking me to the hospital," — himself, the clarity of mind he had to notice when there was fear and _______ happening but not be gripped by it — he said, "For me, these were the gifts of mindfulness." And I was so relieved to hear that he was OK. But really _________ to see that he had transformed his own attention. He went from having a really bad boss — an attention system that nearly _____ him off a ______ — to one that was an exquisite leader and guide, and saved his life.

Solution


  1. heart
  2. practice
  3. daily
  4. years
  5. drove
  6. bridge
  7. calling
  8. heartened
  9. presence
  10. anxiety

Original Text


And it ended up that Captain Davis and I — you know, this was about a decade ago, in 2008 — we've kept in touch all these years. And he himself has gone on to continue practicing mindfulness in a daily way. He was promoted to major, he actually then ended up retiring from the Marine Corps. He went on to get a divorce, to get remarried, to have a child, to get an MBA. And through all of these challenges and transitions and joys of his life, he kept up with his mindfulness practice. And as fate would have it, just a few months ago, Captain Davis suffered a massive heart attack, at the age of 46. And he ended up calling me a few weeks ago. And he said, "I want to tell you something. I know that the doctors who worked on me, they saved my heart, but mindfulness saved my life. The presence of mind I had to stop the ambulance that ended up taking me to the hospital," — himself, the clarity of mind he had to notice when there was fear and anxiety happening but not be gripped by it — he said, "For me, these were the gifts of mindfulness." And I was so relieved to hear that he was OK. But really heartened to see that he had transformed his own attention. He went from having a really bad boss — an attention system that nearly drove him off a bridge — to one that was an exquisite leader and guide, and saved his life.

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