【推荐1】You may be surprised to see “making sure children never suffer” as a mistake.   The following ________may help you understand how rescuing children from all suffering________weakness.

A little boy felt sorry for a butterfly________ to emerge from its chrysalis(蛹). He decided to________the butterfly. So he peeled (剥开) the chrysalis open for the butterfly. The little boy was so________to watch the butterfly spread its wings and fly off into the sky.   Then he was horrified________he watched the butterfly fall to the ground and die because it did not have the muscle________to keep flying. In fact, the butterfly’s struggle to________the chrysalis helps the butterfly become stronger.

Like the little boy, ________too often want to protect their children from struggle in the________of love. They don’t realize that their children need to struggle, to experience________. To deal with disappointment,   and to solve their own problems. Only in this way can children________their emotional strength, become     ________and develop the skills necessary for the even bigger struggles they will meet throughout their lives. Children experiencing sufferings can________the ups and downs of life.

However, it isn’t helpful either in this case when parents________lectures(训斥), blame and shame to what the child is experiencing. Mothers ________to say, “Stop crying and acting like a spoiled boy. You can’t always get what you want.” These________words should be avoided.

Instead, parents can offer loving support. You can say, “Don’t lose________. Be brave! You will succeed if you try again. ” Then comes the tough part-no________and no lectures. Simply allow him to discover that he can get over his disappointment and________what he can do to get what he wants in the future.

【推荐2】We live in a small town of Toronto. Our ______has a way of assisting those who have financial ______without making the receiver feel embarrassed. Money is______into an offering box with only the name of the receiver on the envelope. The receivers are then given the envelope without knowing the name of the ______.

There came a time when my husband and I were ______those in need. We did not talk about our financial difficulty with anyone. The only reason our children knew was that we had to ______many things. Still, we hoped they were not aware of how much we ______because of it, nor burdened them with a problem they could do nothing to solve.

Our situation didn’t ______, and we knew that we had to look for ______help. Just as we reached the point of ______, our community gave us a gift envelope. We were overjoyed to receive the money, enough to bring us through that desperate time. We couldn’t help but wonder who had given the gift. We were enormously relieved and ______.

A year later, our seventeen-year-old son ______a student loan so he could attend university. It was then that we discovered that his savings account was almost ______. At first he wouldn’t tell me, which made me even angrier. I asked him repeatedly to tell me where the money had gone.

Finally, my son ______that he had dropped his savings into the box. I stood there speechless, tears filling my eyes. He had given it to us ______- without telling us what he had done.

【推荐3】Actor Anthony Anderson has realized a dream 30 years in the making. The 51-year-old ________ a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Howard University last week. “It was all a dream! Words fail to________ the feeling I’m having right now,” Anderson wrote on a social media platform. “My proudest moment is a sense of ________—finishing what I started many years ago.”

Anderson finished his junior year at Howard 30 years ago. ________ some financial difficulties, he had to ask for a________ from school. He worked hard to make a________. Later he started a family and his career ________. He played the starring roles in many films and became a________. The following years he was occupied in his work and didn’t return to school. It was something     he always felt________ about — until his son, Nathan, gained ________ to Howard four years ago. That inspired his longing for university study, so he was________ to go back and finish his degree.

“This spring I was________ able to finish the work to graduate from Howard University,” Anderson said. He marked it as a________ by calling it “a full-circle moment” and ________ his fans, “It’s never too late. Things happen when they’re supposed to happen!” Anderson, now a father of two, plans to ________ his education and go to graduate school for a master’s degree.

【推荐1】It was a busy morning, about 8:30am, when an elderly gentleman in his 80's arrived to have stitches(线)removed from his thumb. He said he was in a hurry, as he had a/an ______ at 9:00am.

I took his vital signs and had him take a ______ , knowing it would be over an hour before someone would be able to see him. I saw him looking at his watch and ______ since I was not busy with another patient, I would assess his wound.

On ______ it I saw it was well healed, so I talked to one of the doctors and got the needed supplies to ______   his stitches and redress his wound. While taking care of his wound, I asked him if he had another ______ appointment this morning, as he was in such a hurry. The gentleman told me he needed to go to the nursing home to eat ______ with his wife.

I inquired as to her ______ . He told me that she had been there for a while because she is a ______ of Alzheimer's disease. As we talked, I asked if she would be ______ if he was a bit late. He replied that she no longer knew ______ he was, and that she had not ______ him for five years now.

I was ______ and asked him, “Do you still go every morning ______ she doesn't know who you are?” He ______   as he patted my hand and said, “She doesn't know me but I ______ know who she is.”

I had to ______ tears as he left. I had goose bumps on my arm and thought, 'That is the kind of ______ I want in my life.”

True love is neither physical nor romantic. True love is a/an ______ of all that is, has been, will be, and will not be.

Remember that the ______ deeds that we do in life really matter.

【推荐3】Did you ever have one of those dreams that seemed to go on forever? I had one like that last night. I was ______ down an old, side road that I used to walk along as a teenager. I wasn’t quite ______ where 1 was headed, but I felt very determined to get there. Like in many ______, time seemed fluid and people seemed ageless. As I walked along I kept meeting people from both my ______ and my present. I saw both my Mom and my Grandma who have passed away and 1 was able to ______ them both one more hug. I ______ many childhood friends and we talked, joked, and laughed just like we were ______ again.

Still, I kept walking, hoping to reach ______ I was headed. Around every turning, though, there was ______ new. I saw strangers ______ and stopped to help them. I met a smiling, old man who ______ shared his life’s wisdom with me and then I ______ passed it on to young children further down the road. With every few steps it seemed there was a ______ adventure in learning and love. I never got to where 1 was going and ______ feeling like I had lived a lifetime in a single ______. It ______ me a bit that I never ______ where I was headed,______ then I realized that this dream was a lot like our life. It is the walk that ______. You will meet a lot of wonderful people and ______ a lot of interesting experiences.

【推荐1】A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, he _______ a large, empty jar and filled it with golf balls.

He asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.

The professor picked up a box of pebbles and poured it into the jar. He _______the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas _______ the golf balls.

He asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.

The professor _______ picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course the sand filled up everything else.

He asked once more if the jar was full. The students _______ with unanimous（一致的）yes.

The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table and poured them into the jar, filling the _______space between the sand. The students laughed.

“Now,” said the professor, “I want you to recognize that this jar _______ your life. The golf balls are the _______ things: family, children, health, friends and favourite passions. Things, that if everything else was _______ and only they remained, your life would still be full. The pebbles are the things that ________, like your job, house, and car. The sand is everything else--- the small stuff.”

“If you put the sand into the jar ________, there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same ________ for life. If you spend all of your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you. So pay attention to the things that are vital to your happiness. Take care of the golf balls first. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.”

One student raised her hand and asked what the ________ represented.

The professor smiled and said, “I’m glad you asked. It just goes to show you that no matter how ________ your life may seem, there’s always ________ for a couple of cups of coffee with a friend.

【推荐3】It was midnight, and I was on my knees, burying head in my hands. I struggled to _________ the sobs that threatened to wake my two tiny children. The call came just hours ago — I got the job. After five interviews and three presentations, I received a generous _________, one that needed my answer by tomorrow.

To others, the decision was _________— live the dream, with its security. But to me, taking the job would _________ compromise my heart.

Exhausted, I _________ to my feet, and made my way upstairs to check on my children, finding each curled up in a _________ sleep. I heard their breathing, soft and even I became one with the moment. And in that breathtaking silence, I heard a voice: _________ your heart. The words echoed through my soul.

The decision, indeed, was simple. I would _________ somebody else’s dream job and keep my own. I felt a great weight lift off my shoulders. I pursued my options for working for myself. I started to write and edit, _________ pages of scripts. I stretched myself and discovered that I could learn anything if I __________ some time to it.

To be sure, I lost a number of business opportunities. But I was available to __________ the simple moments with my children. On sunny days, we’d __________ to the zoo with my backpack of work projects. Each night, when I tucked my kids into bed, my __________ was full. Over time, as my kids grew, my business did, too.

Now I have no regrets. I am __________ for the life that I have, a cherished closeness with my now adult children and a variety of fulfilling, passion-filled work. I’m glad I trusted my inner__________.