【推荐1】Many evolution coaches seem to agree that great things happen the minute we step outside of our comfort zone. For me, one of the most important things we should always remember is that growth and _______ can’t coexist.

Personal development expert Napoleon Hill once said, “Whatever the mind can believe, it can achieve _______ how many times you may have _______ in the past or how great your aims and hopes may be.” This statement is _______ because it reminds us that we’re the only ones who can be _______ for how far we’ll go. To reach any _______, we’re usually required to _______ the way we do things.

However, stepping outside of our comfort zone is probably the most important step toward _______ real changes. But persistence (坚持) and continuing to move forward are _______ important, as it’s extremely easy to slide back into old ________without realizing it.

For long, I wanted to live in Argentina, so halfway through my bachelor’s degree, I bought a one-way ticket there. While I was there, I was able to ________ the last two years of my degree online before flying home for graduation. I still live in Argentina now, and I can proudly say that taking the ________ steps to make it a ________ was one of the most important things I ever did. Certainly, I’m not suggesting we should all buy one-way tickets to foreign countries and just see what ________. But it’s important for us to ________ what we want and try to bring our ________to life.

Living in a comfort zone can trick us into ________ we have enough time, when years can fly by without us having accomplished what we really wanted to. We won’t ________ have tomorrow to do what we could have done today. So, accept the discomfort and allow it to ________ you to try new things. You never know what you could be missing out on by remaining ________.

【推荐2】Anger is a feeling that many of us know all too well. Some of us experience it daily, _____ others hold on to it for years at a time. As you likely know, anger is not a healthy _____ . Over time it can become self-destructive, _____ relationships and even your health.

This is not to say that anger is always a _____ thing—anger is a natural part of living；it is a _______ that something is wrong. If anger is not a ______ normal and natural human emotion, it is _____ important to learn and understand how to   _____ anger the right way.

You can release anger the right or the wrong way.   _______ whether you have an anger problem yourself or not, it is ______   for everyone to understand what the right ______ of releasing anger are. Transforming anger is a powerful _____to take that will create positive changes in our relationships. One of the best ways to _____ anger is to give yourself the   _____to express anger. In fact, it is quite healthy to express your anger as long as you do it   _______Remember that anger management   ___   both on mental and physical effort. Although mental therapy alone will help you tremendously for releasing your anger, it can only take you so far. The same ______for exercise too. However, if you   ____ both mental therapy and exercising, you will then have ______ to an unbelievable positive solution. Do a particular physical activity _____   the mental intention of releasing your anger.

【推荐3】My husband and I were on our way home to Adlaide after holidaying in Queensland with our   three children. It was late afternoon as we were heading for Narrandera, where we ______ to stay the night.

The car became difficult to control and we ______ we had a flat tyre (轮胎). It was quite ______ by the time we'd ______ all the camping equipment and ______ the tyre. Then, not long after getting back on the road, another tyre ______ . But now we had   no ______.There was no traffic on the road and only farms along the way.

Just as we were debating whether to sleep in the car or ______ to the nearest farm for help, car headlights ______ in the distance. My husband walked to the middle of the road to flag it down, ______ the children and I sat in the car with the inside light on so the driver could ______ we were a family and not a threat.

______， it was a lovely couple and their three children who lived on a nearby______ farm. We all piled into their car, and a short drive later we ______ their farm. They suggested we spend the ______ on the floor of their sitting room.

The next morning, after cooking us a great ______， the farmer took my husband into the nearby town to buy new tyres. Our two ______ got on so well that they ______ us to stay on for another day to learn about the workings of the farm and watch their daughter ______ ride one of the huge pigs.

We finally continued home to South Australia,   very ______ for the kindness this family had shown us.

【推荐1】It's not so easy to communicate with dads sometimes. My dad was never much of a _______. He was a private person and seemed to enjoy keeping that way. _______ up questions I had about him — his early ambitions, achievements, loves and sorrows ---was too _______ for me.

But when my career and marriage relation hit a serious problem a year ago, things had to _______ . I needed my dad to _______his true self so I could see him as real and accessible. I was facing serious questions about my own nature, and I wanted to know that he had faced them, too. I needed to know how he had found his _______ , because I felt like I had lost mine.

In a moment of desperation, it _______ to me that expressing my doubts and thoughts by e-mail may be the _______. An email could be worded carefully. I could speak at a _______ distance and give him________to adjust. So I wrote to him. I told him about my problems and fears, and asked him to answer,________he felt like it, and to share something about himself, something that would give me much-needed advice on my life.

In a fortnight's time, a three — page document appeared in my inbox. Dad had carefully considered my message, reached back into his________ and made a response — his history of love, longing, self-doubt, struggle ________ perseverance.

While reading the e-mail, I couldn't ________ myself and started to cry. If only I had done it earlier! However, I was grateful it wasn't too late. While I was in a bitter struggle, this letter ________ me at ease. In the end, talking to Dad was so ________: I just had to click ''Send''.

Since then, we've had masses of ________ . And now I can raise some questions face to face ________ getting a lump (肿块)in my throat. ________ still, sometimes he even tells me some of his stories forwardly. Some of my problems are still in the air, but finding a good way to communicate with my father contributes to making the trouble more ________and life sweeter.

【推荐2】We purchased a lovely parrot as a pet. We named her Dolly. Unfortunately, my family _______our beloved Dolly when her cage was left open and she got outside. We _______ the neighborhood diligently but in vain. We had to face the fact that such a delicate little bird could not _______ survive in the wild for very long. Five days passed with no _______ of Dolly. We lost hope of ever finding her.

We were even _______ when we found out that our friends' four-year-old daughter, Shayna, was stricken with leukemia (白血病).Shayna's parents were _______ . Wanting to help my friend, I began to visit Shayna at the hospital each time she _______ her medical treatment. There was little I could do _______ cheer her up. Each night, I prayed for Shayna's   _________ .

Then, one evening I ________ a phone call from Shayna's mother. "I think we've found Dolly," she said. When I arrived there, I ________ my sweet little bird at first sight! My friend ________ what had happened. "Shayna was in the backyard, feeling ________ . When she saw a small bird in a tree, she expected her to come down. And the bird flew directly to Shayna, ________ on her shoulder. Shayna managed to lead her to an old cage in the garage. I got home and she told me the whole ________ ."

I was ________ to see my lovely bird again, but there was more. I knew ________ that neither Shayna nor her mother knew. I considered it a miracle that we had really found Dolly again. I felt at that moment that Shayna would ________ .

Today, Shayna is thirteen years old and cancer free. We make sure that Dolly lives a life of luxury (奢侈) ________ it was through her that we were all given the greatest gift---the gift of ________ .