What happened to that brilliant idea that you once had? Did you  1  it because you thought that it was just a little thought? Have you ever   2 what that little thought would have become if you had acted on your instincts 3  if you had paid more attention to it?

         Imagine a   4  , where you are sitting at home watching television or reading a book, suddenly a light is   5  on in the dark tunnel of your mind as a thought or an idea crosses your mind. The thought   6   your attention but seems so meaningless and you are tempted to   7   it, but wait a minute! That thought could be the potential beginning of the   8   you have so much wished for.

         As the thought crosses your mind, your senses become alert and you suddenly see a possibility, a solution, or find the answer to a problem whose solution has  9    escaped you. It is almost as if a wise man has   10   the perfect solution into your ear or awakened your senses to a reality, thereby bringing light to your life. It is like finding the   11   piece of jigsaw puzzle(拼图游戏). This becomes an amazing moment and everything freezes around you as you excitedly try to grasp the practicality of that   12  but powerful thought.

         Your self­confidence and enthusiasm increase as you become  13   of the great possibilities that can   14   if that little thought is acted upon. This becomes the moment to build upon that thought and to put  15   any ideas that are streaming from that little thought for later review.   16   meaningless little thoughts or ideas, when acted 17 ，   have a potential to explode into great projects. Many successful projects have been 18   from the little positive thoughts that were carefully protected and recognized as bricks to great things.

         Don't waste a(n)   19  to act on a potentially brilliant idea. You don't have to wait for a major idea, or approval from your peers in order for you to act on that little thought.

         That little thought or idea is the  20  of great things if you decide to follow it through.

         “Soon, you're going to have to move out！” cried my neighbour upon seeing the largest tomato plant known to mankind, or at least known in my neighbourhood.

        One tiny 9­inch plant, bought for $1.25 in the spring, has already taken over much of my rose bed, covering much of other plants, and is well on its way to the front door.

        Roses require a good deal of care, and if it weren't for the pleasure they give, it wouldn't be worth the work. As it is, I have a garden full of sweet­smelling roses for most of the year. Bushes must be pruned(剪枝) in early spring, leaving ugly woody branches until the new growth appears a few weeks later. It was the space available in the garden that led me into planting just one little tomato plant. A big mistake.

        Soil conditions made just perfect for roses turn out to be even more perfect for tomatoes. The daily watering coupled with full sun and regular fertilizing(施肥) have turned the little plant into a tall bush. The cage I placed around it as the plant grew has long since disappeared under the thick leaves.

        Now the task I face in harvesting the fruit is twofold(由两部分组成的). First, I have to find the red ones among the leaves, which means I almost have to stand on my head, and once they are found I have to reach down and under, pick the tomatoes and withdraw my full fist without dropping the_prize_so_dearly_won. Second, I found two full­blown white roses completely hidden as I picked tomatoes in June, but they were weak and the leaves were already yellow for lack of light.

        Here I am faced with a painful small decision: to tear up a wonderful and productive tomato plant that offers up between ten and twenty ripe sweet tomatoes each day or say goodbye to several expensive and treasured roses. Like Scarlett in GonewiththeWind, I'll think about that tomorrow.