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I believe listening is a powerful (强效的) medicine.
It was Sunday. I had the last 1 to see and I got into her room. She was an old woman, sitting on
the bed, trying to 2 her socks. Usually I said something like this: "How are you fecling? The nurse says
your son is visiting you today. Ibelieve you are 3 seeing him."
She 4 me with a serious voice, "Sit down, doctor. This is my story, not yours."
I was surprised and 5 . I sat down and helped her with the socks. She began to tell me that her
only son lived not far from her, 6 she had not seen him for five years. She helieved her health
problems were worse because of 7 her son. After hearing her story and helping her pur on her socks,
Iasked if there was 8 I could do for her. She 9 her head and smiled. All she wanted me to do
was to 10 .
Each story is 11 . Some are clear, others are not. Some are true, others are not, yet all those
things do not really 12 . What matters to the storyteller is that the story is heard.
Listening to someone's story costs nothing but it is the key to bealing (康复). I often 13 what the
woman taught me, and I 14 myself of the importance of stopping, sitting down and truly listening. I
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