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From the Ted Talk by Ash Beckham: When to take a stand -- and when to let it go

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But then I take my niece off my suoelrhds, and she runs to Elsa and Anna — the thing she's been waiting so long for — and all that stuff goes away. All that mtaerts is the smile on her face. And as the 30 seconds we waited two and a half huros for comes to a close we gather up our things, and I lock eyes with the clerk again; and she gives me an apologetic smile and mouths, "I am so sorry!" (ltaehugr) And her humanity, her willingness to admit her mistake disarms me immediately, then I give her a: "It's okay, it happens. But thanks."

And I realize in that moment that I don't have to be either an aunt or an atdaocve, I can be both. I can live in duality, and I can hold two things. And if I can hold two things in that eniomvnrent, I can hold so many more things. As my gfieinrrld and my nciee hold hands and skip out the front of the door, I turn to my stesir and say, "Was it worth it?" And she said, "Are you kidding me? Did you see the look on her face? This was the greatest day of her life!" (Laughter) "It was wrtoh the two and a half hours in the heat, it was worth the overpriced coloring book that we already had a copy of." (Laughter) "It was even worth you getting called Dad." (Laughter) And for the first time ever in my life, it actually was.

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But then I take my niece off my _________, and she runs to Elsa and Anna — the thing she's been waiting so long for — and all that stuff goes away. All that _______ is the smile on her face. And as the 30 seconds we waited two and a half _____ for comes to a close we gather up our things, and I lock eyes with the clerk again; and she gives me an apologetic smile and mouths, "I am so sorry!" (________) And her humanity, her willingness to admit her mistake disarms me immediately, then I give her a: "It's okay, it happens. But thanks."

And I realize in that moment that I don't have to be either an aunt or an ________, I can be both. I can live in duality, and I can hold two things. And if I can hold two things in that ___________, I can hold so many more things. As my __________ and my _____ hold hands and skip out the front of the door, I turn to my ______ and say, "Was it worth it?" And she said, "Are you kidding me? Did you see the look on her face? This was the greatest day of her life!" (Laughter) "It was _____ the two and a half hours in the heat, it was worth the overpriced coloring book that we already had a copy of." (Laughter) "It was even worth you getting called Dad." (Laughter) And for the first time ever in my life, it actually was.

Solution


  1. environment
  2. hours
  3. matters
  4. advocate
  5. girlfriend
  6. shoulders
  7. laughter
  8. sister
  9. worth
  10. niece

Original Text


But then I take my niece off my shoulders, and she runs to Elsa and Anna — the thing she's been waiting so long for — and all that stuff goes away. All that matters is the smile on her face. And as the 30 seconds we waited two and a half hours for comes to a close we gather up our things, and I lock eyes with the clerk again; and she gives me an apologetic smile and mouths, "I am so sorry!" (Laughter) And her humanity, her willingness to admit her mistake disarms me immediately, then I give her a: "It's okay, it happens. But thanks."

And I realize in that moment that I don't have to be either an aunt or an advocate, I can be both. I can live in duality, and I can hold two things. And if I can hold two things in that environment, I can hold so many more things. As my girlfriend and my niece hold hands and skip out the front of the door, I turn to my sister and say, "Was it worth it?" And she said, "Are you kidding me? Did you see the look on her face? This was the greatest day of her life!" (Laughter) "It was worth the two and a half hours in the heat, it was worth the overpriced coloring book that we already had a copy of." (Laughter) "It was even worth you getting called Dad." (Laughter) And for the first time ever in my life, it actually was.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


  1. admit
  2. advocate
  3. anna
  4. apologetic
  5. aunt
  6. book
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  10. coloring
  11. copy
  12. dad
  13. day
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  16. duality
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  18. environment
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  20. face
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  23. girlfriend
  24. give
  25. greatest
  26. hands
  27. heat
  28. hold
  29. hours
  30. humanity
  31. immediately
  32. kidding
  33. laughter
  34. life
  35. live
  36. lock
  37. long
  38. matters
  39. mistake
  40. moment
  41. mouths
  42. niece
  43. overpriced
  44. realize
  45. runs
  46. seconds
  47. shoulders
  48. sister
  49. skip
  50. smile
  51. stuff
  52. time
  53. turn
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  55. waiting
  56. willingness
  57. worth