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From the Ted Talk by David Steindl-Rast: Want to be happy? Be grateful

Unscramble the Blue Letters


But once in a while, something very difficult is given to us, and when this dlificfut thing ourccs to us, it's a ceglhnlae to rise to that opportunity, and we can rise to it by learning something which is sometimes painful. Learning patience, for instance. We have been told that the road to peace is not a sprint, but is more like a marathon. That takes patience. That's difficult. It may be to stand up for your opinion, to stand up for your coicnitovn. That's an ooitpnutrpy that is given to us. To learn, to suffer, to stand up, all these onterpptuiois are given to us, but they are opportunities, and those who avail themselves of those opportunities are the ones that we admire. They make something out of life. And those who fail get another opportunity. We always get another opportunity. That's the wonderful richness of life.

Open Cloze


But once in a while, something very difficult is given to us, and when this _________ thing ______ to us, it's a _________ to rise to that opportunity, and we can rise to it by learning something which is sometimes painful. Learning patience, for instance. We have been told that the road to peace is not a sprint, but is more like a marathon. That takes patience. That's difficult. It may be to stand up for your opinion, to stand up for your __________. That's an ___________ that is given to us. To learn, to suffer, to stand up, all these _____________ are given to us, but they are opportunities, and those who avail themselves of those opportunities are the ones that we admire. They make something out of life. And those who fail get another opportunity. We always get another opportunity. That's the wonderful richness of life.

Solution


  1. opportunities
  2. opportunity
  3. difficult
  4. occurs
  5. conviction
  6. challenge

Original Text


But once in a while, something very difficult is given to us, and when this difficult thing occurs to us, it's a challenge to rise to that opportunity, and we can rise to it by learning something which is sometimes painful. Learning patience, for instance. We have been told that the road to peace is not a sprint, but is more like a marathon. That takes patience. That's difficult. It may be to stand up for your opinion, to stand up for your conviction. That's an opportunity that is given to us. To learn, to suffer, to stand up, all these opportunities are given to us, but they are opportunities, and those who avail themselves of those opportunities are the ones that we admire. They make something out of life. And those who fail get another opportunity. We always get another opportunity. That's the wonderful richness of life.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
grateful world 3
joyful people 3
spontaneously rises 2
wonderful richness 2
stop signs 2
present moment 2
power pyramid 2
turned upside 2


Important Words


  1. admire
  2. avail
  3. challenge
  4. conviction
  5. difficult
  6. fail
  7. instance
  8. learn
  9. learning
  10. life
  11. marathon
  12. occurs
  13. opinion
  14. opportunities
  15. opportunity
  16. painful
  17. patience
  18. peace
  19. richness
  20. rise
  21. road
  22. sprint
  23. stand
  24. suffer
  25. takes
  26. told
  27. wonderful