【推荐1】Mrs. D loved teaching. She always invited me into her office during _________ to chat about what was going on in my fifteen-year-old mind.

She always had a smile on her face. Every student agreed Mrs. D’s _________ spirit and think it could make even the most _________ students believe in themselves.

I remember walking to her office one day for one of our regular lunchtime chats. That week had been particularly _________ because the exam confused me. _________, I had just found out the person I thought was my best friend _________ my deepest secrets around school. I told her that my best friend was actually not my friend at all, and I felt that I couldn’t _________ anyone.

“I understand that was your friend, and you thought she was treating you with the same _________ you were showing her,” she told me, “but don’t let that make you _________.” The fact that she’s __________ treated you means she has problems that can’t be __________ within herself. This has __________ to do with you.

Just like that, my life was __________. As I went off to college and entered __________, I realized how __________ these words were. My life is so blessed thanks to Mrs. D.

【推荐2】I come from a family of great cooks. Ever since I could_______, the meals my mother cooks have always been delicious. It is as if she entered the kitchen and_______a series of mysterious processes that turn different_______ into delicious dishes. To me, it is almost_______.

However, I have never been_______cooking. I just enjoy eating, though my mother is a(n)_______of recipe books and used to give cooking classes. She_______me to be a great cook just like her, and tried her best to guide me._______ it is clear that I have failed to meet her expectations.

I will always remember a(n)_______that happened years ago, which____________my lack of talent for cooking. As a student staying off campus, I had to take____________to cook dinner with two other roommates. Although they didn't have very good cooking skill, I was obviously the____________. This truth was proved when one____________walked into the kitchen while I was____________some food. She took a look at me and said, "Oh, it's your turn? I’d better eat some biscuits so I won't be too____________. "

Now, 13 years have passed, but I still don't know how to____________like my mother. I'm unable to____________my family tradition, but I've found my niche（合适的工作）in a(n)____________area. I've found my place in my own field and____________ my own expectations____________trying to live up to those of others.

【推荐3】I’m a professor teaching people how to think more creatively. _______ , this lifetime passion was awakened by a casual contest when I was a child.

At a family picnic, children used to have the handkerchief-throwing contest, which I realize now, was not meant to show any real _______ , but simply for laughs. But it stirred my love of thinking outside the _______ .

The host gave each child a cloth handkerchief and told us the winner would be the one who threw it the farthest. The first little throwers _______ mighty strength, but the cloth opened and fell to the ground. So when one kid after another threw harder when the handkerchief always opened, it _______ me. The secret was not to throw harder but to keep the cloth from _______ ! Suppose I hid a rock in the cloth without tying it. The rock would _______ the cloth at least farther than the others, and when they separated, people might not notice a small rock _______ in the grass. I had a good chance of _______ with it, but I didn’t want to win by cheating. I had to make the handkerchief fly like a rock. I began tying the handkerchief around itself to make it ________. When I approached the ________ as the final contestant, people were already laughing. I took a long wind-up, and the balled handkerchief rocketed off maybe 60 feet away. The laughing ________ suddenly. The host stared at me and then ran to ________ if I’d cheated the crowd. “It’s just the handkerchief.” he declared. The adults applauded and I felt ________.

This is how I learned the secret to creative thinking. I wanted to continue looking ________what things seemed to be.

【推荐1】One day, in New York, the employees of a big company returned from their lunch break and were greeted with a sign on the front door. The sign said, “Yesterday the person who had been hindering (阻碍) your _______ in this company passed away. We _______ you to join the funeral in the room that has been _______ in the gym.”

At first, all the employees were sad to _______ that one of their colleagues had died, _______after a while they started getting _______ about who this person might be.

The excitement _______ as the employees arrived at the gym to pay their last _______. Everyone wondered, “Who is this person that was hindering my growth? Well, _______he’s no longer here!”

One by one the ________   got closer to the coffin and when they looked inside it, they ________became speechless. They stood over the coffin, ________ into silence, as if someone had ________ the deepest part of their soul.

There was a mirror inside the coffin — everyone who looked inside it could see himself. There was also a ________ next to the mirror, ________“There is only one person who is capable to set ________ to your growth: it is YOU.”

You are the only person who can revolutionize (变革) your ________. You are the only person who can ________ your happiness, realization and success. You are the only person who can help yourself. Your life does not change when others change. Your life changes when you change, when you go ________ your limiting beliefs and when you realize that you are the only one ________ for your life.

【推荐2】On the morning of my 60-year-old day, I decided to complete at least one act of kindness for each coming day. Unexpectedly, I did two ______ on the day.

This morning, I chose a small local coffee shop ______ large one with crowded customers. I wanted to pay for someone’s ______ . Knowing that cash（现金）wouldn’t be ______ , I buy a gift card. I gave it to the ______ and suggested what she might do with it.

Then this afternoon, while ______ in line at the casher’s in the supermarket, I noticed an elderly lady behind me with a few cakes. I asked if she’d let me ______ them. In a heavy German accent（口音）, she smiled but ______ . I didn’t want to force it, and I ______ to her what I was doing. She said she had only been here for a couple of days, but wouldn’t forget all the ______ that she was seeing! And that gave me ______ to stick to my thought.

The second one happened when I walked back home. I ______ at the crossroad and the yellow lights began to ______ . When I started to cross the road, I felt a car wasn't going to ______ , so I had to stop and continue to wait. The ______ then had her window down, saying, “I’m sorry.” I just said “that’s ______ ,”instead of offering her a few “unspeakable words”. It seemed like a ______ reaction（反应）for me, not a forced ______ . Forgiving others sometimes was also an act of kindness, which made me feel ______ .

Every act of kindness you have for others would ______ the best of the world to you, and that is happiness.