【推荐3】I believe we can create our own happiness. I believe the real magic in the world is done by humans.

I was sitting in my ______ at a stoplight listening to the radio, thinking how happy and warm I was in it. It was ______ outside, and I thought, “Life is good."

Now, this was a long line．As I ______ , I noticed two people huddled（挤在一起） together at the bus stop. The couple seemed to be doing their best to keep _______To my eyes, they were unhappy and uncomfortable. They looked ______．Their coats looked like they came from a bargain store.

But then I saw their ________Yes, they were huddling, but they were also laughing. They seemed to be sharing a good ______, and suddenly, instead of pitying them, I envied them. I thought, "Huh, what's so funny?" They didn't notice the wind. They weren't looking at my car thinking, "I ______ I had that."

You know ______ a single moment feels like an hour? Well, in that moment, I realized I had ______ things were all bad for them, but they weren't. And I understood we all have the ______to make moments of ______ happen.

Now, maybe that's easy for me to say. I feel lucky to have a house with a roof and a wife who ______ me. I felt this ______ even when I was working at Long John Silver's. In the beginning, it didn’t seem like a promising job. But ______ I had a job．And frankly, it was ______．After two weeks, I knew all I needed to know, and it freed my mind. The job allowed me to ______ about what my life could become.

The first year I worked there, we got robbed. I thought I was going to die．But everything ______ out all right. A lot of people ______ life as a series of miserable tasks, but after that, I didn't.

I believe this is _____ all of us can do: Try to be happy within the context of the life we are actually living. Happiness is not a situation to be longed for or a convergence of luck. Through the power of our own minds, we can help ourselves.

【推荐1】I was faced with a decision. While delivering laundry (洗好的衣服) into her bedroom, I stepped upon my thirteen-year-old sister’s _______, a modern-day Pandora’s Box, full of attraction.

What was I to do? I had always been jealous (嫉妒) of my little sister. Her charming smile, lovely personality and many gifts threatened my place as _______ lady. I competed with her secretly and grew to hate her natural abilities. As a result, we   _______ spoke. I sought opportunities to find _______ with her and expected to _______ her in every way. Her diary lay at my feet, and I _______ not her privacy, nor her possible pain. I _______ enjoyed the possibility of digging up enough dirt to     _______ my competitor’s spotless record. I _______ my evil as sisterly duty. It was my responsibility to keep a check on her activities. It would be ________ of me not to.

I ________ the book from the floor and opened it, turning the pages, searching for my name, ________ that I would discover dirty and ill speaking of me. However, as I read, the blood ran from my face. It was totally not what I had ________. There was a brief description of herself, her goals and her dreams followed by a short portrayal (肖像) of the person who has       ________ her most. I started to cry. I was her ________. She admired me for my personality, my achievements and red-facedly, my ________.

I stopped reading, struck with the ________ I had done. I had wasted so much energy pushing her away ________ I had missed out on her. Those sincere words she wrote seemed to break an icy ________ around my heart and I longed to know her again.

On that fateful afternoon, as I put aside the laundry and rose to my feet, I decided to go to her -- this time to experience ________ to judge, to hug rather than fight. After all, she was my sister.

【推荐3】There’s a program for middle schools called Treps that teaches kids about business and product development. The students are given the task to learn to ________ products on their own, and at the end of the program the school gym is ________ up like a trade show where all the kids get to sell the products. They each get a ________, make signs and dress up a little. The school gym is ________ to the public and attracts a crowd.

Some of the kids there ________ have a crowd at their stand, because the products made by themselves are unique and interesting. But there are some other kids, with ________ that aren’t very good, just don’t stand out, aren’t getting attention. At first, they stand there with a ________ face but later you can see the ________ in their eyes because everyone walks by the stands uninterested. I always think it ________ to visit the stands of those kids, buy something, and ________ them for how hard they must have worked on it. Just the confirmation that someone likes what they make and notices their effort can ________ them. I usually bring $100 to this event merely for this ________. As the night goes on, if they still haven’t sold much. I will send my daughter over there to buy something from them.

The other day, as an education expert, I was ________ with some parents about this. They asked me why I encouraged the kids who made terrible products, saying “________ confirmation means they won’t learn anything”. I told them, “These kids know their products aren’t a ________, but that doesn’t mean they should ________. It takes courage to ________ there and try to sell their products. If nobody buys anything, or nobody ________ their effort, they will probably quit next time.” Hearing these, all the parents agreed.

A little encouragement can go a ________ way and sometimes a small lie can be a big ________ in the right direction.