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From the Ted Talk by Saket Soni: The workers rebuilding communities after natural disasters

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So how do we do it? It takes three things. First, we need to see each other's vulnerability. We need to understand it. Of course, resilience workers have a very profound sense of their own dislocation, but our first project is to connect them with the profound dsactiiolon of the residents and the other way around, because people who uraendnstd each other's vulnerabilities will protect each other's dgniity.

The second key is to find purpose in being of use to others. Of course, resilience wkeorrs start focused on their own families. They're rebuilding hemos to put food on the table. But we concnet them to residents. And then something profound happens. renetisds express the depth of their gratitude. And when that happens, resilience workers find the same kind of purpose and vocation that firefighters and health care workers feel. Meanwhile, the residents move beyond the urgency of their own pain and find purpose, too, in offering the resilience workers the kind of embrace and welcome that they may never have felt in America before.

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So how do we do it? It takes three things. First, we need to see each other's vulnerability. We need to understand it. Of course, resilience workers have a very profound sense of their own dislocation, but our first project is to connect them with the profound ___________ of the residents and the other way around, because people who __________ each other's vulnerabilities will protect each other's _______.

The second key is to find purpose in being of use to others. Of course, resilience _______ start focused on their own families. They're rebuilding _____ to put food on the table. But we _______ them to residents. And then something profound happens. _________ express the depth of their gratitude. And when that happens, resilience workers find the same kind of purpose and vocation that firefighters and health care workers feel. Meanwhile, the residents move beyond the urgency of their own pain and find purpose, too, in offering the resilience workers the kind of embrace and welcome that they may never have felt in America before.

Solution


  1. connect
  2. residents
  3. workers
  4. understand
  5. dislocation
  6. homes
  7. dignity

Original Text


So how do we do it? It takes three things. First, we need to see each other's vulnerability. We need to understand it. Of course, resilience workers have a very profound sense of their own dislocation, but our first project is to connect them with the profound dislocation of the residents and the other way around, because people who understand each other's vulnerabilities will protect each other's dignity.

The second key is to find purpose in being of use to others. Of course, resilience workers start focused on their own families. They're rebuilding homes to put food on the table. But we connect them to residents. And then something profound happens. Residents express the depth of their gratitude. And when that happens, resilience workers find the same kind of purpose and vocation that firefighters and health care workers feel. Meanwhile, the residents move beyond the urgency of their own pain and find purpose, too, in offering the resilience workers the kind of embrace and welcome that they may never have felt in America before.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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collocation frequency
resilience workers 5
immigrant workers 3
labor organizer 2
rebuilding homes 2
lasting change 2
shared faith 2


Important Words


  1. america
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  3. connect
  4. depth
  5. dignity
  6. dislocation
  7. embrace
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  16. gratitude
  17. health
  18. homes
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  23. pain
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  25. profound
  26. project
  27. protect
  28. purpose
  29. put
  30. rebuilding
  31. residents
  32. resilience
  33. sense
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  35. table
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  38. urgency
  39. vocation
  40. vulnerabilities
  41. vulnerability
  42. workers