2 . A pastor (牧师) had been on a long flight between church conferences. After a while, a calm voice said, “We shall not be serving the drinks at this time as we are expecting a little turbulence (漩涡). Please be _________ your seat belt is fastened.”

As the pastor looked _________ the aircraft, it became obvious that many of the passengers were becoming a bit _________. Later, the voice said, “We are so sorry that we are unable to _________ the meal at this time. The turbulence is still ahead of us.”

Lightning _________ the darkening skies, and within moments that great _________ was like a cork (软木塞) moving around _________ an ocean. One moment the airplane was _________ on terrific currents of air; the next, it dropped as if it were about to crash. All the passengers were upset and scared. Some were praying. The _________ seemed terrible and many were wondering if they would ________ it through the storm.

Then, he suddenly saw a little girl. Apparently the storm meant __________ to her. She was reading a book and everything within her small world was __________ and orderly. Sometimes she closed her eyes, then she would __________ again; then she would straighten her legs, but worry and fear were not in her __________. All the adults were scared half to __________, but the great child wasn’t afraid at all.

The pastor could hardly believe his eyes. When the plane finally __________ its destination, he asked why she had not been afraid. The child replied, “Because my Daddy’s the __________, and he’s flying the plane to take me home.”

There are many kinds of storms that __________ us, such as physical, mental, financial… Many storms can easily and quickly darken our skies and __________ our plane into uncontrollable movement.

Let us __________: Our Father is the pilot. He is in control and taking us home. So don’t worry!

3 . Those in the food industry understand the difficulty that comes from working with people. No matter how much you try, some customers are never _______. If you make one mistake, some people are likely to lose _______. This situation took place at a McDonald’s in suburban Atlanta.

A customer approached the drive-through window _______. He threw a drink back at the pregnant fast food worker who _______ it to him. Most would find that unthinkable. However, he himself felt _______ because the drink was not what he _______.

Bryanna was the _______ in this incident. It was so _______ to her that she couldn’t even _______ what was happening. She was ________ and covered in ice and soda.

The ________ next in line who witnessed what happened was Feroza Syed. She ________ the incident via Facebook after things took place. “I’ve never seen anyone ________ that way, especially to do that to a pregnant worker, which was just ________.”

When Feroza approached the drive-through window, she ________ the fast food worker a cash tip to comfort her. She had yet another ________-set up an online registry for Bryanna’s baby. Feroza ________ maybe she could raise $300 or $400 for Bryanna to buy something nice. But by 24 hours later people had ________ $1,700. Feroza is just obviously going crazy with ________.

Through this, Feroza and Bryanna have become friends. It’s just ________ to see such love and happiness.

4 . I was 17 years old. Along with a dozen other boys I had made a long trip to Iowa in order to see a college that I was thinking of _________. Now I was there and I was feeling sad and _________. I was missing my family and the Appalachian mountains of my home. I loved _________ in the forests there. I loved how the _________ turned a thousand shades of green in the spring and then became a sea of red, _________ and orange in the fall. I loved the _________ of countless wild flowers that grew in our meadows (草地). These things were a _________ of me.

Here in Iowa everything was _________. The grass looked burnt and brown. All that I could smell was a _________ of corn, mud, and pigs. I walked outside the dormitory of the college and sat on a __________. I closed my eyes and __________ being back home again. When I opened my eyes, however, I saw something that __________ my soul. It was a beautiful sunset. Gold, red, purple and pink clouds all __________ together in a picture. It was so huge that it took my breath away. It made our mountain sunsets seem __________ by comparison. I __________ that I had been foolish and judgmental (武断的). This place had its own special beauty. This place too was a part of God’s __________.

Over the years to come I __________ something else. Each of us has a special beauty __________. Each of us has our own unique __________ and abilities. Each of us has a beautiful, powerful love that only we can share. And God wants us to share it. May your life always shine __________.

5 . Eighty-year-old retired tailor, James McKay, spent Saturday night in prison after hitting 30-year-old Keith Smith over the head with his walking stick. McKay’s wife, Laurene said that, while McKay is usually a(n) ________ and pleasant person, he had been driven to this act of ________ by literally getting wet just once too often. He could no longer ________ it.

Smith lives above the McKays. He is a(n) ________ gardener, and also a fish collector. Unfortunately, the water he ________ over his balcony (平台) every day ended up on the McKay’s floor, or too often, on the unsuspecting McKays themselves.

“For the last two weeks, since Smith moved into the flat above us, we dared not go onto our ________,” said Laurene. She added that it wasn’t only the water ________ their balcony from Smith watering his plants that ________ them, but also the way he cleaned his fish ________. “We’d be sitting there happily reading our newspapers, when suddenly so much water would come from above that we’d be as wet as if we had ________ with our clothes on! We could hardly ________ the smell of fish!”

And on Saturday evening it was just too ________, “It was James’ birthday,” Laurene recalled, “and it was such a beautiful night to enjoy the starry night ________. I made him a birthday cake. The candles were a great sight as you can ________, but James didn’t get to blow them out.” Instead, Smith ________ one of his larger tanks over his balcony and both the McKays and the cake were wet through. “I have never seen him move so fast and I couldn’t stop him. He was up there in a(n) ________.”

Smith is not going to take things further with the police. He has also ________ to change his ways from now on. And what of James McKay? As he left the ________ station, a large crowd of supporters sang him “Happy Birthday”. “Definitely the most exciting birthday ever!” said the ________ old man. “The best since my ________, I’d say!”

8 . When my wife and I were about to board a flight, a woman at the gate suddenly became ill.

I came back from the restroom and sat down next to my wife. She _______ to me that something was _______. The woman fell down on the seat and quickly lost _______ of her body. I went over and half knelt down before her, _______ if she was okay.

I introduced myself as a chiropractor (按摩师) and _______ she was Jackie. I was not a medical doctor, but I was _______ to help her in any way she needed.

I took her hand in one hand and _______ her head in the other, carefully asking what was happening. Jackie _______ that when she was exposed to too much _______ and stimulation, her body went into overdrive. ________, she had had the condition for thirty years and would be “perfectly ________ soon”. She said she forgot to bring her medical ________ when she left home.

I asked her if she needed a wheelchair to board the ________, to which Jackie said yes. I asked my wife to ________ a wheelchair. I stayed behind to ensure Jackie boarded the plane safely, but________ some miscommunication, the employees of the airline ________ her.

I explained her condition quickly. With my ________, the employees agreed to let her board.________, Jackie soon made a full recovery.

Don’t be afraid to listen to ________ and help them out. Everyone has their own battles and struggles. We ________ just need someone to care about us.

9 . High school graduations are one of the most important moments in a teenager’s life. However, heading into the ______ on June 6th, David was stopped at the door by a gatekeeper. So you can imagine how ______ David was. Although his sneakers were not extremely unacceptable, David learned they were in ______ of the school’s dress code and he was ______ entry.

David was about to ______ his chance to walk across the stage with his classmate when he caught sight of a ______ face. Butler, a famous local educator, came to the graduation as a parent. Learning David’s unpleasant situation, he ______ the young man back to the entry to see if he could ______ the gatekeeper’s mind.

“I was hoping that she would let it go, but she ______ not letting this young man in, and I didn’t have time to ______ with her,” Butler said. “I wasn’t going to let him miss the most ______ moment in his life for anything.” Without missing a beat, Butler simply changed his ______ with David. Just as the ______ closed, David made it inside the hall. Eventually he ______ David from ruining his graduation day.

Although firstly ______ by the last-minute substitution, Butler’s family were thrilled that his quick thinking turned a very ______ situation into a joyful celebration. “I wasn’t ______ because Mr. Butler is always helpful,” a ______ parent of David’s said.

It’s said that a truly generous man will give the shirt off his back to someone ______. Now it seems, the saying also ______ to the shoes off his feet.

10 . Around Thanksgiving, I flew to visit my family. A woman across the aisle________to push her suitcase into the tight overhead bin. When we landed, she was pulling, but the suitcase didn’t ________. I asked if I could help, ________ she replied, “It’ll come. I got it in, and there has to be a way to get it out.”

Her calmness and confidence inspired me, ________ me as a recipe for cultivating (培养) resilience (抗逆力) in life. Resilience is the ability to ________ challenging circumstances, refocus and find ways back into a positive life. The woman’s reaction to her ________ luggage was a beautiful example of cultivating resilience: “________ seeing crises as unsolvable problems. ”

The ________ situation might not be a “crisis”, but you know how ________ a plane aisle can be when everyone is trying to get off the plane. The woman never kept herself ________ by recognizing her problem had a solution.

The ________ reminded me of something that happened to me this past fall, when I took a solitary (单独的) hike along a rocky ocean path. I was enjoying myself in the fresh air, feeling________ as I picked my way from rock to rock and congratulating myself when I reached the end of the dock. Then I turned around and saw how ________ I had traveled, I felt myself slipping into nervous self-doubt. What if I ________ and twisted my ankle?

I took a deep breath and, like the woman on the ________, realized with relief that I could certainly make it ________. When I finally stepped back onto the shore, I not only felt ________, but also confident and accomplished.

When ________ plant seeds of “I can’t” in your mind, maybe you’ll remember the woman on the plane. Wherever life has brought you, consider that there is a(n) ________ to coming back to yourself. You have the power of resilience within you whenever you are ________ it.