【推荐1】It was 4 o’clock in the morning when I received the phone call.

“This is the emergency room calling and your son was just_________in with serious burns on his face, neck and arms.” The doctor described the_________, which caused the burns. At 6 a.m., my son and his friends decided to barbecue hamburgers in the courtyard of their apartment. Unfortunately, the charcoal burst into flames because they had sprayed too much petrol. The flames_________my son’s shirt tail and shot from his waist to well over his head.

Fortunately, one of the boys was quick- minded, grasped my son, and_________him on the grass. While it saved his life, there was not enough_________to save him from fearful burns and the terrible scars (伤疤).

After he recovered from the treatments, the doctors told him they would not do plastic surgery (整形手术) for 6 months _________ it took that long for the skin to stop shrinking and wrinkling. So he had to return to college with typical scars of burns.

When I was a child, my mother told my sister who had a very_________10-inch scar on her arm, “Nancy, if you ignore the scar, other people will ignore it. It does not mean they will not_________it, but it means it will not matter to them if it doesn’t matter to you.”

I_________this wisdom on to my son. He took my advice to his__________and returned to school with his head held high-glad he was alive. By the end of the six-month waiting period, he felt that the scars did not__________, so he made the__________to give up any plastic surgery.

We all have “scars” that we believe will__________people to keep away from us. And we spend a lot of time thinking that if we looked different, or dressed differently, people would like us better. But you see, people will only judge you by your looks, or your clothes, if you are judging yourself by these__________standards. Put your imperfections out of your mind and concentrate on what you value__________yourself, and your beauty will shine through.

【推荐2】I grew up as the “baby” of my family. I was the ________ of three sons. My brothers were five and seven years older than me. They ________ with most of the chores (杂务) around the house, while I spent most of my time riding my bike, ________ basketball in the yard, and etc. To say I was a bit ________ wouldn’t be unreasonable. I spent my childhood with all the fun and none of the ________.

By the time I entered my early teens, however, my ________ had moved out of our home. My dad was badly ________ and became disabled. We had ________ a mountain top house heated by a wood stove (火炉) with only well water to drink. I soon ________ myself then doing more ________ than I had ever done before. I ________ our garden and mowed our lawn (割草) in the summer. In the fall I carried wood to keep us ________ in the winter months to come. And all year round I carried ________ containers of water from a mountain spring back to our house.

At first I grumbled and ________ to myself. After a while, though, I began to find ________ in helping my parents that I ________ so much. I sang to myself when I cut wood and ________ while I carried water. I ________ found myself helping my mom with the dinner dishes and cleaning. I started to ________ something that I would carry with me the rest of my life too: When your work is done in ________, it isn’t work.

【推荐1】In life, we often succeed and fail for reasons. Sometimes they are entirely out of our _______. We can work harder than anyone else and still not be _______. We can be incredibly nice and love someone deeply, but they may not love us _______.

The truth is that life is not _______. That is a tough _______ to swallow (吞咽) for many of us. In fact, some people _______ after being hit by even one unfair blow. But if we let life’s unfairness _______ us, we will never receive the beautiful blessings that life has _______ for us.

My first _______ marriage felt very unfair to me. No matter how hard I had tried, I couldn’t make the relationship ________. But I didn’t let it discourage me from wanting a happy marriage. And finally, I met my Mr. Right.

What I’ve learned over the years is that we can do all the things that ________ a good outcome (结果), but get quite the opposite. When we face life’s seeming unfairness, our ________ needs to jump in. When life doesn’t go ________ plans, we should keep trying, and doing the right thing. ________ that life is neither fair nor smooth. If we remain faithful, we can drive our unfair experiences away and use them as our ________.

【推荐3】When I was younger I was lost in the stories in magic books. I _______ them thirstily. Also like most of the readers of these stories I secretly wished for magical _______ for myself. I wanted to be able to _______ make my pain disappear, to make my problems go away.

_______ I got older, however, I realized that there was no such thing as magic. Later, the competitive reality of life set in, and I struggled through a long _______ of poverty (贫困). Worst of all, I had daily _______ from a back injury that was never completely recovered. I felt great _______ when both of my sons _______ from loneliness. I still sometimes daydreamed of magic but finally that died away.

Then one day I _______ a different kind of magic called LOVE. It grew stronger in my heart, soul and ________ day by day. This magic connected me to my own best self and to all of the ________ souls in this world. Though it didn’t ________ my poverty, it made every day of my life ________ and colorful. Though it didn’t make my back pain go away, it helped me ________ it so much better. Though it didn’t cure my sons’ loneliness, it helped me see the beautiful, loving and joyful souls.

There is such a thing as magic in each one of us in this world. This is LOVE. May you choose it, share it, and ________ every single day of your life in it.