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From the Ted Talk by Cleo Wade: Want to change the world? Start by being brave enough to care

Unscramble the Blue Letters


We find ourselves saying to the wrold, "What should I do?" "What should we do?" The better qosieutn might be: "How am I showing up?" I ask the world for peace, but do I show up with peace when I see my family and friends? I ask the world to end heartd, but do I show up with love not only for those I know, but those I don't know? Do I show up with love for those whose ideas conflict with my own? I ask the world to end suffering, but do I show up for those who are suffering on my street corner? We say to the world, "Please change; we need change." But how do we show up to change our own lives? How do we show up to change the leivs of the people in our communities?

Open Cloze


We find ourselves saying to the _____, "What should I do?" "What should we do?" The better ________ might be: "How am I showing up?" I ask the world for peace, but do I show up with peace when I see my family and friends? I ask the world to end ______, but do I show up with love not only for those I know, but those I don't know? Do I show up with love for those whose ideas conflict with my own? I ask the world to end suffering, but do I show up for those who are suffering on my street corner? We say to the world, "Please change; we need change." But how do we show up to change our own lives? How do we show up to change the _____ of the people in our communities?

Solution


  1. lives
  2. question
  3. world
  4. hatred

Original Text


We find ourselves saying to the world, "What should I do?" "What should we do?" The better question might be: "How am I showing up?" I ask the world for peace, but do I show up with peace when I see my family and friends? I ask the world to end hatred, but do I show up with love not only for those I know, but those I don't know? Do I show up with love for those whose ideas conflict with my own? I ask the world to end suffering, but do I show up for those who are suffering on my street corner? We say to the world, "Please change; we need change." But how do we show up to change our own lives? How do we show up to change the lives of the people in our communities?

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
find truth 2


Important Words


  1. change
  2. communities
  3. conflict
  4. corner
  5. family
  6. find
  7. friends
  8. hatred
  9. ideas
  10. lives
  11. love
  12. peace
  13. people
  14. question
  15. show
  16. showing
  17. street
  18. suffering
  19. world