During the gold rush, a man who had been mining for several months decided to quit his job. He hadn’t found any gold yet and the work was becoming ______tiresome.

He sold his equipment to another miner who ______resumed mining where he had left off. The new miner was advised by his engineer that there was gold only three feet away from where the first miner stopped digging. Finally, the engineer was right. The first miner was just three feet away from ______striking gold before he quit. Many people ______dismiss their dreams because the work becomes hard. But often, you’re closer to ______the finish line than you may think, and if you push just a little harder, you will succeed.