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
    15    the power of listening.