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From the Ted Talk by Elizabeth Gilbert: It's OK to feel overwhelmed. Here's what to do next

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The paradox is that we're also the most capable, resourceful and resilient species that has ever lived on earth. So history has shown that when change comes to humanity — either on the glabol level, like it's hippaneng now, or on the personal leevl — we're really good at it. We're really good at aiaatdotpn. And I think that if we can remember that, it can help to actually mitigate the fear. And you can rbmmeeer it in a historical perspective, by looking at what humanity has gone through, and what we have not only survived but figured out how to thrive through. And you can also look at it at a pnoaersl level, where you can make an ioetrvnny of what you yourself have survived, and notice, as I often notice, my panic and my atxeniy about the imagined furtue is deadly on my nervous system, but I actually have discovered that when there's an actual emgecnery in the moment, I tend to be pretty good at it. And I think most of us are like that. You'll see that repeated in history in so many examples. I think about those heartbreaking and devastating phone messages that people were lenivag for their loved ones from the towers on September 11th, and you can hear the calm, the calm in peoples' voices. The biggest emergency ever was happening, and in that moment, intuition told them what to do. The important thing to do now is to make this phone call. And I think if you can trust that when the point of emergency actually arrives, you'll be able to meet it, and then when the world changes, you'll be able to adapt to it — it certainly helps me calm down.

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The paradox is that we're also the most capable, resourceful and resilient species that has ever lived on earth. So history has shown that when change comes to humanity — either on the ______ level, like it's _________ now, or on the personal _____ — we're really good at it. We're really good at __________. And I think that if we can remember that, it can help to actually mitigate the fear. And you can ________ it in a historical perspective, by looking at what humanity has gone through, and what we have not only survived but figured out how to thrive through. And you can also look at it at a ________ level, where you can make an _________ of what you yourself have survived, and notice, as I often notice, my panic and my _______ about the imagined ______ is deadly on my nervous system, but I actually have discovered that when there's an actual _________ in the moment, I tend to be pretty good at it. And I think most of us are like that. You'll see that repeated in history in so many examples. I think about those heartbreaking and devastating phone messages that people were _______ for their loved ones from the towers on September 11th, and you can hear the calm, the calm in peoples' voices. The biggest emergency ever was happening, and in that moment, intuition told them what to do. The important thing to do now is to make this phone call. And I think if you can trust that when the point of emergency actually arrives, you'll be able to meet it, and then when the world changes, you'll be able to adapt to it — it certainly helps me calm down.

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Original Text

The paradox is that we're also the most capable, resourceful and resilient species that has ever lived on earth. So history has shown that when change comes to humanity — either on the global level, like it's happening now, or on the personal level — we're really good at it. We're really good at adaptation. And I think that if we can remember that, it can help to actually mitigate the fear. And you can remember it in a historical perspective, by looking at what humanity has gone through, and what we have not only survived but figured out how to thrive through. And you can also look at it at a personal level, where you can make an inventory of what you yourself have survived, and notice, as I often notice, my panic and my anxiety about the imagined future is deadly on my nervous system, but I actually have discovered that when there's an actual emergency in the moment, I tend to be pretty good at it. And I think most of us are like that. You'll see that repeated in history in so many examples. I think about those heartbreaking and devastating phone messages that people were leaving for their loved ones from the towers on September 11th, and you can hear the calm, the calm in peoples' voices. The biggest emergency ever was happening, and in that moment, intuition told them what to do. The important thing to do now is to make this phone call. And I think if you can trust that when the point of emergency actually arrives, you'll be able to meet it, and then when the world changes, you'll be able to adapt to it — it certainly helps me calm down.

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