Discovering yourself     1     (play) an important role in inspiring your confidence. By     2     (do) so, you could know what you are weak in. And you may also realize you’re quite a great person     3     great strengths. So when you’re in a hard situation, you will believe in     4     (you) and spend the most difficult time with confidence. Otherwise you may give up and then lose everything. Therefore, the ability to trust yourself will decide your future a lot.

It was Mother’s Day morning last year. My son, a five-year-old boy     1    ( name) Tom, and I were leaving the supermarket after shopping. Suddenly an old woman    2    (fall)over at the entrance and hit her head on the ground.Her husband was with her,but the woman was    3    (serious) hurt and shaking with pain.

At the front of the supermarket a charity group was selling some beautiful     4    (flower)to raise funds. Tom wanted    5    (buy)the lady a flower. “It will make her feel better” he said. I was    6    (surprise)that he’d come up with such a sweet idea. So we went to the flower seller to buy a flower    7    the lady. By now rescuers had arrived,and they were    8    (take) care of the injured woman. As we walked up to her,my son became scared by all the blood and medical equipment. He said he was just too scared to go up to her.

Instead I gave the flower to the woman’s husband    9    told him,“ My son was very upset for your wife and bought her this flower to cheer her up. ”At that moment,the old man was moved and said,“Thank you so much,you have     10    good son. Happy Mother’s Day to you. ”

The man then gave his wife the flower,telling her who it was from. Although badly hurt,the old lady looked up at Tenyson with thanks in her eyes and gave him a little smile.

Are you facing a situation that looks impossible to fix?

In 1969, the pollution was terrible along the Cuyahoga River Cleveland, Ohio. It       1     (be) unimaginable that it could ever be cleaned up. The river was so polluted that it     2     (actual) caught fire and burned. Now, years later, this river is one of       3     most outstanding examples of environmental cleanup.

But the river wasn’t changed in a few days     4    even a few months. It took years of work     5    (reduce) the industrial pollution and clean the water. Finally, that hard work paid off and now the water in the river is     6    (clean) than ever.

Maybe you are facing an impossible situation. Maybe you leave a habit    7     is driving your family crazy. Possibly you drink too much or don’t know how to control your credit card use. When you face such an impossible situation, don’t you want a quick fix and something to change immediately?

While there are amazing     8     ( story) of instant transformation, for most of us they are gradual and require a lot    9    effort and work, like cleaning up a polluted river. Just be     10     (patience).