By the time he was 24 years old, Imran Nuri quit his job in a bold move, and emptied his savings account to carry out an ambitious 1 he'd been bearing in mind. Nuri would drive his car to every state on a 100-day trip to find 1,000 2 and ask them to share one thing they wish they'd 3 when they were younger. Nuri was hoping for answers that might help him 4 the rest of his life.
He 5 . But to his shock, he chose a 6 person for the first time. He met a man, who had a dark look at Nuri. Nuri thought the man was going to 7 him. Then, doing the most 8 thing he'd done, he introduced himself, "I'm 9 around the country to talk to 1,000 unfamiliar people. I'm asking them for pieces of life advice about things they wish they knew 10 ." The man remained silent for a minute or so and 11 said, "We should spend more time with our family."
In Colorado Springs, Colorado, a man in his 50s who had stage 4 terminal cancer told Nuri, "Life is about the human 12 . There would be no life without social interactions."
In Tillamook, Oregon, a waitress-a college student told him, "whether it's changing your major or changing your whole life path, you don't have to 13 yourself for taking a step back and reevaluating your past choices. Just do what you think to be right."
Nuri found beauty in every place as well as 14 from the people he met. Those people taught a lot. Now he always puts himself in other people's shoes even when a person sees the world 15 .