Question

Each story is different．Some are detailed; others are unclear．Some have a beginning, middle and end;    36   wander without a clear conclusion．Yet all those things do not really matter．  37  matters to the storyteller is that the story is heard - without   38  （interrupt）, statement or judgment．Listening to someone's story costs   39   （little） than expensive diagnostic testing but is key to healing and analysis．

I often thought of what a woman once taught me, and I reminded   40   of the importance of stopping, sitting down and   41   （true） listening．

I am a doctor．And, not long after, in   42   unexpected twist（扭伤）, I became the patient, with a judgment of numerous sclerosis （细胞壁硬化） at age 31．Now, 20 years later, I sit all the time – in a wheelchair．For as long as I could, I continued to see patients from my chair,    43   I had to quit when my hands    44   （affect）．I still teach medical students and other health care professionals, but now   45    the viewpoint of a physician and patient, I tell them I believe in the power of listening and tell them I know that vast healing takes place within me when someone stops, sits down and listens to my story．

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