1 . At the age of 16, Einstein failed in several exams because he often played with some bad kids. One weekend morning, Einstein Carried a fishing net and prepared to go fishing with those_______. His father stopped him and said to him calmly. “Einstein, you were spending too much time _______, so you failed in the exams. I’m _______ about your future with your mother.”

“What are you worrying about? Jack and Robert also _______in the exams, but they went fishing as usual.”

“My boy, you can’t think so,” Looking at Einstein, his father said lovingly. “There is a _______ in our hometown. I hope you can listen to it carefully.”

“There were two cats playing on the roof. _______, they fell into the chimney (烟囱). When they climbed out of the chimney, one cat’s face was dirty _______ the other’s was clean. Seeing the dirty-faced cat, the clean-faced one thought its own face was also dirty, so it quickly ran to the riverside and washed its _______. The dirty-faced cat saw the clean-faced one, thinking its own face was clean as well, so it still walked happily in the street.”

“Einstein, _______can be your mirror (镜子). Only you are your own mirror. Some of the kids are not strict with themselves. If you take them to be your mirror, even a ________ person may become stupid.” Hearing this, Einstein’s face turned red. He put down his fishing net and returned to his small room.

After that, Einstein often took himself as a mirror to be________with himself, and kept telling himself, “I am special, so I needn’t be as common as others.” This was why Einstein ________ in his career.

1,000 people have 1,000 kinds of wishes in life. Different wishes will produce different________about life. You can learn from other people, but you can ________ follow others completely.

You must see yourself clearly, and know what you want to get. Your future doesn’t ________ how others act, but on how you are going to act.

3 . In Washington DC, at a Metro Station, on a cold January morning in 2007, a man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, approximately 2000 people went through the _________, most of them on their way to _________.

About four minutes later, the violinist received his first _________. A woman threw money in the hat and, without stopping, continued to walk. At six minutes, a young man leaned _________ the wall to listen to him, then looked at his watch and started to walk again. At ten minutes, a three-year old boy stopped, but his mother pulled him along_________. The kid stopped to look at the violinist again, but the _________ pushed hard and the child continued to walk,_________ his head the whole time.

At forty-five minutes, the musician played continuously. Only six people stopped and listened for a short while. About twenty gave money but continued to walk at their normal _________. The man collected a total of $32.

After one hour, he finished playing and silence _________. No one noticed and no one applauded. There was no __________ at all.

No one knew this, but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the greatest musicians in the world. He played one of the most __________ pieces ever written, with a violin worth $3.5 million dollars. Two days before, Joshua Bell sold out a __________ in Boston where the seats averaged $100 each to sit and listen to him play the same music.

In a common-place environment, at an __________ hour, do we perceive beauty?

If so, do we stop to __________ it? If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world, playing some of the finest music ever written, with one of the most beautiful instruments ever made... How many other things are we missing as we __________ through life?

4 . Did you ever have a dream, I’m talking about a conscious dream where you would like to see a new future, a different choice of employment and a _______ of your own.

Several years ago I had a dream of _______ a board game (棋类游戏) that would _______ my fortune. After many revisions, the board game was developed. It was a(n) _______ time my dream seemed to come true with sales starting to _______, and my company was also founded.

_______, another new board game came into the _______ and made great progress in sales. Eventually, my company was dissolved (解散). Perhaps for a game developer, the _______ emotions that it never was meant to be will discourage his future dreams of a different life. To me, maybe I didn’t succeed to the level I _______, but there is one thing I’m ________ of: At the very least I turned my dream into reality. If I had never transformed my dream into a ________ and then to action, there wouldn’t have been valuable lessons to be learned from the failure. It may take many ________ but success is only achieved. Once dreams are ________ into action, failure becomes a better action plan in the future. The important ________ here is that success only comes by turning dreams into reality and realizing that the ________ that you fortunately get along the way are only stepping stones to final success.

7 . As everyone grows, they realize there will always be someone who is better.I learned this _______ in the second year in high school.The shock this experience brought was so great that I felt my pride was left on the side of the road for dead.That was all it took: one year and one person _______ everything.

Her name is Jenny.She was the girl who always raised her hand and had useful comments about everything.When teachers needed challenging problems answered, they _______ her.And if students needed answers, they went looking for her.I didn’t _______ her, but I admitted her presence annoyed me.In the first year, as a model student, I was the person everyone_______and all the teachers trusted.Then she came out of_______! We also had two classes _______.There I got to see what everybody thought of her.When an exam finished, it became a _______that she got the top grade and it didn’t matter to my classmates whether I was right there, _______I also got an excellent grade.They would cross a desert and __________her! I was left being denied my presence.__________, I felt like not trying anymore.

I stopped trying to put on a show because no one was __________anymore.Later, I volunteered at the graduation ceremony.She was called to make a(n)__________and discussed her difficulties.I realized all her hard work got her there, not her desire to__________.It finally hit me that Jenny __________the attention she got.She showed me how big the world is and how small a world I used to live in.I’ll do my best because I know it will pay off.

8 . Kindness is a key value that God desires us to have. When you give kindness to others, it will be returned to you. Finally, we _________ having the whole house painted today. It was hard to work in this situation. But I _________ good coffee and beautiful biscuits, which made our work easier. We didn't complain and moved the furniture each night, so the painting could be completed _________.

I became friends with this young _________ over the two weeks while he painted. We weren't going to paint the bathroom area _________ painting there possibly made it inconvenient to use the bathroom. Instead, we planned to paint it later. But he _________ a suggestion about getting it _________ quickly for me and also painted the front door in this shiny paint.

When we went to _________ him, he refused my money. He said the bathroom and the door were free of _________, which was a gift to me. Because I had never experienced such things before, I felt surprised. He explained that I had made him so __________ that he wanted to do this.

On the last day, I also bought him a __________ to go to the entertainment center in the city in order to __________ himself. We went there. A meal was part of it and the seats lay back, which were very safe and __________ to sit on. He was thankful and satisfied. I told him that I wanted to show my __________ on how well he had been working in my __________. I said I would really like to thank him. He loved my treat. We did have a good time there.

9 . One young person, who was well educated, went for a job as a manager in a big company. The president did the final ________ .

He discovered the youth was ________ and felt satisfied. Then the president asked who paid for his school fees. The youth answered, “My mother did it. She worked as a clothes ________.”

The president requested the youth to ________ his hands. So the youth did. They were smooth. Then he asked, “Have you ever ________ your mother wash the clothes before?” The youth answered, “Never, my mother always wanted me to ________.”

“Go and clean your mother’s hands when you go back today, and then ________ me tomorrow morning,” the president said at last.

The youth felt his chance of getting the job was high, so when he went back, he happily requested his mother to let him clean her hands. However, his tears fell ________ he cleaned his mother’s hands slowly. It was the first time he had ________ that his mother’s hands were so wrinkled (布满皱纹的). After that, the youth didn’t say a word and washed all the remaining clothes for his mother________. That night, Mother and Son talked for a very long time, longer than any talk before.

The next________, the youth went to the president’s office. The president noticed the tears in the youth’s eyes and asked, “Please tell me how you ________ about helping your mother.” The youth said, “Number One, I know now what appreciation is. Without my mother, I wouldn’t be successful today. Number Two, by helping my mother, I realize how ________ it is to get something done. Number Three, I’ve come to realize the ________ of family relationship.”

The president said, “You are ________. This is what I’m looking for to be my manager.”

10 . I was cycling and noticed a person, about a quarter of a kilometer in front of me. I could tell he was cycling a little slower than me and decided to try to _________ him. I had about a kilometer to go on the road _________ turning off.

So I started cycling faster and faster and every _________ I was gaining on him just a little bit. After just a few minutes I was only about 100 yards behind him, so I really picked up the pace and _________ myself. You would have _________ I was cycling in the last section of London Olympic triathlon.

_________, I caught up with him and passed him by. On the inside I felt so good. I beat him, of course, but he didn't even know we were _________.

After I passed him, I _________ that I had been so focused on competing against him that I had _________ my turn. I had gone nearly six blocks past it and had to turn around and go all the way back.

Isn't that what happens in life when we __________ competing with co-workers, neighbors, and friends, trying to prove that we are more successful or more important? We spend our time and __________ chasing after them and we miss out on our own __________ to our future.

The problem of unhealthy competition is that it's a never-ending __________, because there will __________ be somebody ahead of you, someone with a better job, more money and more education, etc.

Therefore, just take what life has given you, your height, weight and personality. Stay focused and live a healthy life. There's no __________ in life. Run your own race and wish others well.