1 . When we think about lives filled with meaning, we often focus on people whose grand contributions benefited humanity. Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Nelson Mandela surely felt they had a worthwhile life. But how about us ordinary people, burying ourselves in a(n) ________ existence?

Many scholars ________ a subjectively meaningful life to three factors: the feeling that one’s life makes sense (coherence), the possession of clear and satisfying long-term goals (purpose) and the belief that one’s life matters in the overall scheme of things (________ mattering).

But we believe there is another element to consider. Think about the first butterfly you stop to admire after a long winter. Sometimes existence delivers us small moments of beauty. When people are ________ to appreciating such experiences, these moments may enhance how they view their life. We call this element experiential appreciation, which represents the detection of and ________ for life’s inherent beauty.

To better understand this form of appreciation, we conducted a series of experiments in which we gave people specific tasks and asked them to report how strongly they ________ statements linked to the factors of meaningful life. In one case, we found that participants who watched an awesome video, such as the BBC documentary Planet Earth, reported having a greater sense of experiential appreciation and meaning in life, compared with participants watching more ________ videos, such as an instructional woodworking video. ________, participants who wrote about a recent experience for which they were ________ had a greater sense of meaning when compared with those who simply wrote about a common place they had ________ last week.

The results confirmed our original theory: people are born with the ability to appreciate beauty, and appreciating small things can make life feel more meaningful. But ________ that insight can be difficult. Our modern, fast-paced, ________ lifestyles fill the day with targets. We attempt to ________ output both at work and at leisure. This focus on future outcomes makes it all too easy to miss what is happening right now. Yet life happens in the present moment. We should slow down, let life surprise us and ________ the significance in the everyday. As former Indian prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru wrote in 1950, “We live in a wonderful world… There are countless adventures that we can have if we ________ them with our eyes open.”

2 . Ashoka advocates a world where everyone is a change-maker. The ability to adapt to and_________ change is essential for everyone to live well in a changing world. At the_________of the Everyone a Change maker movement is a_________to transform the way children and young people grow up so everyone has the power to create change for the_________of all.

Rebecca’s family keep cattle, sheep and goats and depend on farming the land for food. At school, Rebecca’s teacher says, “We have had many days_________ rain. Without plants to eat and water to drink, our animals die. “Everyone in the class is_________. They are worried for their families, their animals, and their_________.

At the school library, Rebecca searches for information about rain. She learns a new_________: “Climate Change”. What can just one girl do to help the whole world? “It is a big problem for the earth,” her teacher explains. “But there are some things we can do to help, like planting trees to make_________ stronger.” As Rebecca walks home, it is hot and she can’t stop thinking about the__________ of rain. Then she has an idea!

“Let’s write a letter to the President of Kenya,” Rebecca says. Rebecca takes the letter and shares it with her classmates. They each ask their families to__________their name at the bottom to show their__________.

Rebecca and her classmates share the__________ of protecting the environment and practical steps to take__________. Working hard for a better world, Rebecca says, “If I do succeed in my project, the world will be beautiful. The cattle will be fat, the children__________well. Everyone can be a change- maker.” Rebecca is now thinking about what to do next for nature and her community.

4 . “My greatest strength is that I am what some people call ‘disabled,’” I said, answering the _________ job interview question, “What is your greatest strength?”

My last interview was five years ago when a search committee was _________ the next president and CEO of MAP International, an organization that provides _________ and health supplies to those in need around the world. In some ways, the job was a/an _________ made in heaven.

You see, I walk with crutches because I had polio (小儿麻痹症) as a child. My life would be _________ if the polio vaccine—costing about 20 cents—had been _________ to me and my family in Korea where I was born. My _________ in life is to help other children receive the medicine they need to _________ life-long illness or even death.

So when I told the committee interviewing me about my strengths and weaknesses I could _________ say that I had a lifetime to prepare for the job of helping bring medicine to those in need. I knew firsthand what it meant to __________ because an inexpensive dose of vaccine was not available.

But I also know that __________ my challenges each and every day makes me a better leader. It’s true that my daily life is more __________ than most people’s. A simple flight of stairs, a rocky path, a door with a difficult handle—these are common occurrences that are major __________ for me. Yet I have to prepare myself each day to face the unexpected.

Your __________ can become your strength. Whatever your weakness is, __________ it today.