Accept life as it is. I learned how to do it from my father._________, he did not teach me acceptance when he was strong and healthy, but rather when he was_________and ill.

My father was_________ a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible illness_________all that away. Now he can no longer walk, and he must sit quietly in a chair all day. Even talking is_________. One night, I went to visit him with my sisters. We started _________about life, and I told them about one of my_________. I said that we must very often give things up_________ we grow – our youth, our beauty, our friends – but it always _________that after we give something up, we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father__________up. He said, “But, Peter, I gave up__________! What did I gain?” I thought and thought, but I couldn’t think of anything to say.__________, he answered his own question: “I __________the love of my family,” I looked at my sisters and saw tears in their eyes, along with hope and thankfulness.

I was also__________ by his words. After that, when I began to feel irritated (愤怒的) at someone, I __________remember his words and become _______ If he could replace his great pain with a feeling of love for others, then I should be________ to give up my small irritations. In this ________, I learned the power of acceptance from my father.

Sometimes I ________ what other things I could have learned from him if I had listened more carefully when I was a boy. For now, though, I am grateful for this one ________

【推荐2】A lady wanted a birthday gift from her husband. For many months she had liked a   beautiful_______, and knowing her husband could_______it, she told him that was all she wanted. On the morning of the_______husband told her how_______he was to have such a good wife, and how much he loved her. He_______her beautiful gift package(盒). She opened it and_______a Bible._______, she raised her voice and said to her husband. "With all your money, you give me a Bible?" She was so_______that she left him.

Many years passed and the lady was very_______in business. She owned two large companies. She________her husband was very old, and thought perhaps she should go to________him. But before she could, she________a letter telling her that he had died, and gave all of his possessions(财产) to her. She needed to come back ________take care of things.

When she arrived at his house, sadness________her heart. She saw the still new________, just she had left it years before. With________she opened it and began to turn the pages. A ring________from Bible to the floor and a________could be seen. She picked it up and found it was the ring she wanted in those days. And on the card was the date of her birth, and the words "LOVE YOU ALWAYS”.

________your gift is not packaged the way you want it, it's because it is better packaged! Always appreciate little things; they usually lead you to bigger things in the world! The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched for they must be felt with the     ________.

【推荐3】At the age of 60, my father was hit by a car when he walked to a nearby supermarket to buy vegetables. After ________ for two months in hospital, he finally woke up. His waking up ________ all our family. ________, he didn’t know any of us. Doctors said his brain was hurt so ________ that he had lost all his memory. And his mental age (心理年龄) was only five. We were sorry to hear about the bad news.

Since I was his only child, it was my ________ to look after him. He forgot ________ everything, but he did remember he liked sweets. I used the sweets as a way of ________ bad behaviors. I would gave him one sweet ________ he didn’t sit on the ground, a second for stopping painting on the wall, and another for not trying to put clothes on the dog.

Dad became the ________ child in town. He climbed up the tree to catch a bird and couldn’t get down after it ________ away. He broke my window with a ball and ________ our telephone in water like washing clothes. When I told him he was doing ________ things, he would answer smilingly, “I like that!” My son, then aged five, and two eight-year-old daughters, welcomed their ________ playmate. He would happily make them real cigarettes, ________ his sweets with them, and carry them high in the apple tree to ________ apples.

It is eight years since the ________. Dad has accepted the fact that he is the ________ of his three playmates but not a brother. He has also accepted that they grow taller but his ________ stays the same. Though it is still ________ to take care of him, he brings us a lot of fun. In some way I think it is a(n) ________ thing to look after dad like looking after a child. How many people can have the chance to care for a child-like parent?

【推荐1】One Saturday morning, Jeremy woke up in a quiet house. Usually Mom was _______ making breakfast and cleaning the kitchen, but not today. Jeremy walked to her _______ and knocked at the door. “ Don’t come in，Jeremy，”said Mom.“ I have a terrible cold. I don’t want you to get _______.You can have cereal (麦片) for breakfast and watch cartoons. I’m going to _______ in bed.＂

Jeremy _______ some cereal into a bowl and ate the pieces.” Mom must feel very bad if she was lying in bed all day. How could I _______ her?” Jeremy thought.

Saturday was the day that Mom washed clothes. He ran to his room to get his dirty clothes. Jeremy _______ the door to the washer and put all of his clothes inside. He had _______ Mom do laundry(洗衣服) lots of times，so he knew where to find the soap powder (皂粉) and how to pour it into the _______. Finally，he closed the door and pressed the big ________ that said “START”.

Jeremy ________ the round，glass window. ________ was pouring in，and the machine was starting to work，making his clothing tumble (翻滚)around.

Jeremy watched cartoons ________ he heard the washing machine beep(发出嘟嘟声).That meant the ________was done. Jeremy opened the door to take out the wet clothes .Everything seemed clean, and Jeremy felt ________.

【推荐2】An ordinary trip turned dramatic (激动人心的) for 18-year-old Justin Gavin, and extremely fortunate for a young family. Walking down the street, he saw something that made him_________. A small SUV drove past him, and it was _________in flames (火焰). His heart beat fast,_________when he saw children inside the car.

Drivers were honking (按喇叭) and getting out of their cars to get the_________of the woman driver. However, it quickly became_________that she could not stop the car.

The officials had already received several calls about a car on fire with a woman and children_________inside. However, without an officer on site, Gavin immediately went into action.

He ran after the car down the street to help the family_________from the burning car. “I’m yelling ‘Stop the car! Your car is on fire!” he said. Gavin finally_________the car when it came to a full stop. Without_________, he helped the mother out of the driver’s__________first. And then with the flames__________, he pulled three children out of the back seat. The flames quickly flooded the__________moments later.

Gavin said, “It’s kind of__________because I didn’t know whether I was able to get everyone out__________. Luckily, I did it.” Afterwards the mother credited the__________with saving her family.

【推荐2】I was walking in a park on a cool autumn morning. The view was charming, and a pleasant breeze(微风) was kissing my face _______.

Then I saw a mother and her little baby. The mother wore _______ clothes that seemed to be found in a dustbin—How easy it is for fortunate people to _______ away things they don’t need, and they do this _______ thinking of the unfortunate! She was holding her baby, protecting her from the morning _______ and expecting some money from strangers so that she could _______ food for both of them. It was then that I realized how _______ I had been in my whole life for living a rich life.

Then a man _______ some money and food to the mother, and as she took them, her face was _______ as if she had been the happiest person in the world. And why not, she could now ________ her baby at least for the day.

Actually, happiness doesn’t ________ luck, your financial or your physical conditions, but only on yourself. It is just a ________ in your hands. If you choose to be happy, ________ can stop you from it.

How ________ it is that one observation(观察) can change your life! Life has a lot to offer if you observe very closely. One who observes can ________ real happiness.