【推荐2】I am sure many people have said about me, “He must be the happiest man in the world!” But they were wrong. _______ I was famous and had _______ money, I was not really happy. I found myself asking, “ _______ does all this not give me real happiness?”

Newspapers said, “Kriss Akabusi is the European champion. He has also _______ an Olympic bronze medal.” Now before all this happened, I had _______ , “If I can become a champion, I will be happy. I will _______ a lot of money and then enjoy _______ . I will have a good time.”

When I went to the Edinburgh Games, in my hotel _______ I found a book by my bedside. It was called What’s Real Happiness in Life? I _______ this book up and read some of the stories in it. The book mainly told about the happiness brought by helping others. But I said to ________ , “All these things are too ________ for me to do.”

But that night I had a ________ . I found myself standing by a river. I ________ a voice calling to me from the other side of the river. The voice said, “You know helping others is as ________ as crossing the river, and it’s not as difficult as you imagine.” Then suddenly I awoke. I realized I was ________ now when compared to before. I found I had real ________ of mind.

So I can now tell my friends what I have ________ . Being famous and having a lot of money ________ gave me happiness. So all I can say to you is this—we are ________ when we think that to be famous and rich will make us happy. Now I have a children’s TV program called Record Breakers. I have no ________ about what tomorrow will bring.

I hope this letter meets you well. I’m sure so far you’ve had many problems that the knowledge of books can’t _______ . Well, I will help you. I am here _______ you, but before we start, let me _______ to you that you must only depend on yourselves. I don’t want to tell you how to _______ all the problems or the difficulties you meet with.

My children, life isn’t _______ or fair but we shouldn’t be afraid of that and life is still what we make it. Whatever life hurts you, you should remember that it doesn’t define(定义) you. The way how you _______ life is very important. So, if life gives you lemons, my children, make lemonade; if life gives you _______, use it to build a house.

I always tell you to _______ people, but you also have to _______ that people won’t always be faithful. However, my dear children, always try to see the ________ in everyone. Even when people misunderstand you, your first ________ should be, “They are nice people and they must have their reasons”, and don’t jump to conclusions ________ all the facts are taken together.

Education won’t answer all your questions. I ask you to never stop learning ________ . You should keep reading books. Don’t forget the ________ of the elders. Instead, you should move closer to them and see what you can ________.

My children, ________ you read my stories very well, you’ll realize I made a lot of ________. My loves, you’ll make yours too because nobody is perfect. You’ll learn some lessons the ________ way, but it can make you wiser.

I love you, my children. I wish I could be with you forever, and I wish I could ________ be there to set your feet on the right way, but life isn’t meant to be lived forever. I strongly believe you’ll make me ________.

Yours,

Dad

【推荐3】Stepping into a new life requires a lot of trust in ourselves. Everything is new, and change is constant.

My wife, Elba, and I are moving from New York to Florida, leaving long-time jobs and relationships and ________ over. As with all change, there are gains and losses, but the trust is helping us ________ all of it.

We miss family, friends and co-workers ________ with technology we can remain connected. But we can’t touch or enjoy a meal with them. It helps to remember that you never have to be ________. Wherever you go, there are people. It’s just that everyone you ________ is new! That can be a wonderful ________ if you trust you’ll make new friends.

A few days after arriving in Florida, I had to go to Atlanta for a business trip. On my return home from the airport, I ________ an Uber. The driver, John, and I got into a conversation. It turns out that John ________ in our apartment complex. He noted that he has picked up thousands of people over the years but ________ someone who lives in his complex.

I shared about my ________ to Florida. John offered valuable information about my new home-hospitals, doctors, dentist, restaurants, beaches, traffic patterns and more. We ________ in the most unexpected way.

Change is not for the faint of heart. It takes ________ to navigate uncharted waters. Letting go of what we know and opening ourselves to what might be is ________ even when we seek change.

Trust in ourselves during this process includes letting go of what we know and allowing a space for ________ and openness. This spirit allows us to step into a new community, or workplace with a positive attitude that we will meet and develop new ________ and enjoy all that change has to offer.

【推荐1】Two weeks earlier. My son, Ben had got in touch, he’d moved to England with his mum when he was three and it had been 13 years since I’d last seen him. So imagine my _________ when he emailed me saying he wanted to come to visit me.

I was thrilled (欣喜若狂)! I arrived early at Byron Bay where we were supposed to _______. The bay was _________in sunshine, and there was a group of kayakers around 150m off the shore. Getting a little closer, I realized one kayak (皮划艇) was in _________ . “Something’s not right!” I took off my T-shirt and _________ into the water. I saw there were two instructors on board and a man lying across the middle. He was _________violently. Linking arms with one of the instructors, I helped _________the young man out of the water. He was unconscious and as I looked at his face, something _________ to me. Those brown eyes were very _________ . “What’s his name?” I asked the instructor. “Ben,” he replied, and immediately I knew that stranger was my son!

The instructors called for an ambulance.__________, after a brief stay in hospital, Ben was well enough to be allowed to __________and later the family met up for dinner. We chatted about everything and then Ben __________to me. “I just want to say thank you,” he said. “You__________my life!”

I still can’t believe what a __________it was. I’m just so glad I was there __________to help my son.

【推荐3】I was 17 years old. Along with a dozen other boys I had made a long ________ to Iowa in order to see a college that I was thinking of ________. While the trip had been ________ for the most part, now that I was there I was feeling down, ________, and isolated（孤独的）.I was missing my ________ and I was also missing the Appalachian mountains and the ________ of my home. I loved how the leaves turned a thousand shades of green in the spring and then ________ a sea of red, gold, and orange m the Fall.

Here in Iowa everything was ________. The grass looked burnt and brown. All that I could smell was a ________ of corn, mud and pigs. I ________ outside the dormitory of the college and sat on an old stump. I closed my eyes and ________ being back home again. When I ________ opened them, however, I saw something that touched my ________, It was a Prairie Sunset. It seemed to ________ the sky everywhere. Gold, red, purple and pink clouds all ________ together in a picture painted by Heaven's own hand. It was so huge that it took my ________ away. It made our mountain sunsets seem ________ by comparison. I realized that this place too had its own special beauty. This place too was a part of nature's ________.

Over the years to come I learned something else. In fact each of us also has a special ________. Each of us has our own ________ talents and abilities.