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From the Ted Talk by Lucy Kalanithi: What makes life worth living in the face of death

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One of the first things Paul said to me after his diagnosis was, "I want you to get rmiearred." And I was like, whoa, I guess we get to say anything out loud.

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I've always thought of myself as a caregiver — most __________ do — and taking care of Paul deepened what that meant. ________ him reshape his identity during his illness, learning to witness and accept his pain, talking together through his choices — those experiences taught me that resilience does not mean bouncing back to where you were before, or __________ that the hard _____ isn't hard. It is so hard. It's painful, _____ stuff. But it's the stuff. And I learned that when we approach it together, we get to decide what success looks like.

One of the first things Paul said to me after his diagnosis was, "I want you to get _________." And I was like, whoa, I guess we get to say anything out loud.

Solution


  1. pretending
  2. physicians
  3. watching
  4. messy
  5. stuff
  6. remarried

Original Text


I've always thought of myself as a caregiver — most physicians do — and taking care of Paul deepened what that meant. Watching him reshape his identity during his illness, learning to witness and accept his pain, talking together through his choices — those experiences taught me that resilience does not mean bouncing back to where you were before, or pretending that the hard stuff isn't hard. It is so hard. It's painful, messy stuff. But it's the stuff. And I learned that when we approach it together, we get to decide what success looks like.

One of the first things Paul said to me after his diagnosis was, "I want you to get remarried." And I was like, whoa, I guess we get to say anything out loud.

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