【推荐1】I read about an athlete who made it all the way to the Olympics despite hating his chosen sport. He committed his entire life to ______ one tiny, yet large, sentence—I’m proud of you. At some point we all have someone we want to ______, whose approval means the world to us.

I have a clear memory of the person I wanted approval from telling me I was intelligent, the kind of memory that stays very clear because you’ve recalled it so many times. I had ______ someone’s opinion about buying a Canadian soda. “We should really support our own economy,” ten-year-old me said. I had no idea what that meant, ______ I was looked at with approval, and my heart was filled with ______. I loved that feeling—the approval of my hero. It was nothing like the Olympic athlete, but I made some very big ______ based on what might make them ______. I was hugely affected by wanting their approval.

Months ago this person removed me from his life. It hurt a lot. However, in life there is rarely hurt ______ growth. I recently ______ on myself and my behavior and noticed something—I feel free. After a period of denying and upset, I ______ that this is just how it is. This realization made me see how often I was transforming myself according to the ______, “What would they think?” I’d been using the desire for approval as an ______ excuse for hiding. My excuse was gone immediately I realized it ______. It was time to ______ step into myself and stop hiding who I am from others. Are you hiding? I hid in approval-seeking. Maybe you hide behind judgment. We all have our ways, and it can be really scary to let ______ go.

The thing is, ______, as long as we prevent ourselves being truly seen, we will never be truly understood. Connection with others won’t be wholly authentic, and we will edit ourselves because we ______ potential thoughts in other people’s heads. It’s pretty ______. Of course, breaking up isn’t ________ when you expect to be freed from wanting someone’s approval. You don’t even have to tell them you no longer care what they think of you. Just ______ and do what makes you happy and go for the things you really want in life. Do your thing, and let them do theirs.

【推荐2】For years I have had no idea what I have been doing with my life. I was a 30-year-old lawyer in New York.___being a lawyer was never my dream or goal in life. I honestly wanted to be a writer. I have a great__________and would write amazing stories in my head. But I always knew that being a writer was_________ possible for me because it was a better________ decision to stay a lawyer.

Recently，I couldn't fall asleep___________my usual time of 10 p. m，and when I did fall asleep I had the same dream_________ The dream started with me in the ocean ________to go for a swim and I was searching for something，but I started to_________ and have no control over my__________Then a light shone through the water and when I looked up all I could_________was myself in a bright white room writing a ________ Then I heard a voice said_________ ，"Now is the time to try something new；now is the time to try something new.”

It wasn't just a dream；it was my_________ to make something good out of my life. That afternoon，I________ my job at the law firm and I couldn't have been any _________My life started at 30，and every day _______ that point I haven't stopped enjoying life. I started to_________and have been on the best-seller list for the last two months. Things have definitely turned_______

________ is a good thing, it gives us an opportunity to take a chance. So my two favorite words I live by and so ___you are "change and chance".

【推荐3】It is 27 years since my last conversation with my mother,who didn’t finish school like many of her contemporary girls. She often told me，“I never got my __ but one day you will. ”

Pointing to a tree or cow，she asked me to __ their English names after her. Feeling __ ,1 asked，“Mama，why do I have to learn these foreign __ ?”She held her pen right before my eyes. “Hold it firmly，”she __ me，“for this pen and the new foreign language will be your compass to ___around the world. ” Sadly, my mother died of breast cancer when I was six.

Turning seven.I __ 30 miles to live closer to my school. But“closer”is a___ term in Uganda，which means I had to get up as the ___sun rose and then ran 8.8 miles barefoot to __ Also,I needed to carry a stick to __ snakes and dogs. During the __ season,the   path to school was   __ daily and I'd swim with one hand，using the other hand to hold the   book bag on my __.

Research shows 70 percent of poor children don’t __ primary school in Uganda. Reasons for this high dropout rate(辍学率)includes the long __ some children must __ among many other reasons.

Fortunately，I’ve made it. Whenever I see the sun rise, I am reminded of the __ of my mother, who __ me to dream big and to use the __ of the pen to make my dream come true.