My mother used to ask me what the most important part of the body was. Through the years I would take a guess at what I thought was the correct answer. When I was younger, I thought ________was very important to us as humans, so I said, “My ears, Mommy.” She said, “No. Many people are ________. Keep thinking about it and I will ask you again soon.”

Several years passed before she asked me again, I had often ________ the question. So this time I told her, “Mommy, sight is very important, so it must be ________eyes.” She looked at me and told me, “You are learning fast, ________ the answer is not correct because there are many people who are blind.”

Over the years, mother asked me a couple more times and always her answer was, “No, but you are getting________every year, my child.”

Last year, my Grandpa  ________. Everybody was heart-broken. Everybody was crying. My Mom looked at me when it was our ________ to say our final good-bye to Grandpa. She asked me, “Do you know the most important body part yet, my dear?”

I was ________ when she asked me this now. I always thought this was a________between her and me. She told me, “The question is very important. How you answer it shows whether you have ________about life.” Every body part you give me in the past I have told you were wrong and I have given you an example why. But today is the day you need to learn this important lesson.

I saw her eyes wet and filled ________tears. She said, “My dear, the most important body part is your ________ .”

“Is it because they hold up my head? I asked.”

“No, it is ________ it can hold their head of a friend or a loved one when they cry,” she replied ,“ I only hope that you have enough  love and friends that you will have a shoulder to cry on when you need it.”   

Then and there I knew the most important body part is not a selfish one. It is sympathetic

(有同情心的) to the ________ of others

Wearing a mask while sleeping at home sounds a little crazy. But Wu Keying did so during the novel coronavirus (新冠病毒) outbreak（爆发）. “I feared that I would be infected（感染）. Now I know it’s not necessary to do so. But I am still worried about when it will end,” said the 13-year-old from Chengdu, Sichuan province.   And she feels anxious.

In fact, many people have experienced feelings like Wu. Nearly 80 percent of people are deeply worried about the outbreak, while 40 percent strongly fear it, according to a survey on Jan 27 by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

These feelings are normal for people who are going through stressful events, according to Wang Weihua, an expert on positive psychology (积极心理学). “Some stressful reactions (反应) can help us fight the virus,” Wang said. “We take more protective actions, such as wearing masks and washing hands often, for example.”

But if these feelings last too long, it will be bad for our mental (心理的) health, Wang added. So how can we stay positive?

First, we should learn to accept unexpected changes in life, wrote Xiong Kewei, a psychological consultant (咨询师) . We might learn new lessons from these changes, like respecting nature and being more responsible.

Another useful way to stay positive is to stick to a normal routine (正常作息).

“The key is to take good care of the body, a reasonable(合理的) schedule, be sure to have enough sleep and reasonable diet, and get the necessary rest and relaxation,” Zhang Hong, deputy chief physician of Wuhan Mental Health Center, told China Daily.