Last month I 4precious watch, which was an 18-year-old birthday gift from my father. I could not fall asleep for a couple of nights because I felt5about the loss.

There have been many 6like these in my life. I could never figure out how to deal with such tough things7I read "If You Have a Lemon, Make a Lemonade" by American writer Dale Carnegie.

"When the wise man is handed a lemon, he says, ‘What8 can I get from this? How can I9my situation? How can I turn this lemon into a lemonade?" he wrote. I suddenly10that life is full of ups and downs, so I need to stay 11 all the time.

    Now when I think of my past, I wish I could have handled things 12. When my mother was fighting for 13, I should have held her hands in mine, telling her things would get better instead of 14and crying.

    Several weeks ago, I took part in a campus singing competition. I didn't 15 a prize. If I had not 16this article, I would definitely have felt 17again. But instead, I smiled after the competition. I was happy that at least I had got some stage18.

    Life is not just a bed of roses. There are thorns（刺）as well, but these thorns help us become19 and strong. When life 20us a lemon, let's try to make a lemonade.

    I went to a group activity, “Sensitivity Sunday” which was to make us more1the problem faced by disabled people, We were asked to “ 2a disability” for several hours one Sunday. Some members 3chose the wheel chair, Others wore sound-blocking earplugs(耳塞)or blindfolds .

    Just sitting in the wheelchair was a4experience, I had never considered before how5 it would be to use one .As soon as I sat down my6 made the chair begin to roll ,Its wheel were not7Then I wondered where to put my 8.It took me quite a while to get the metal footrest into 9 ,I took my first uneasy look at what was to be my only means of10for several hours, For disabled people, Using a wheelchair is not a temporary(临时的) 11 

    I tried to find a12position and thought it might be at ease, 13a little nice to be 14around for a while. Looking around, I 15 I would have to handle the thing myself! My hands started to ache as I 16the heavy wheels, I came to know that controlling the 17 of the wheelchair was not going to be a (an)18task.

    My wheelchair experiment was soon 19. It made a deep impression on me. A few hours of “disability” gave me only a taste of the 20 , both physical and mental, that disabled people must overcome.

    A little boy invited his mother to attend his school's first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy's 1 , she said she would go. This 2be the first time that his classmates and teacher3his mother and he felt 4of her appearance. Although she was a beautiful woman, there was a severe scar（疤痕）that 5 nearly the entire right side of her face. The boy never wanted to 6why or how she got the scar.

    At the meeting, the people were7 by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother 8the scar, but the little boy was still embarrassed（尴尬）and 9 himself from everyone. He, however,10 a conversation between his mother and his teacher.

    The teacher asked 11,“How did you get the scar on your face?”

The mother replied,“12 my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught fire. Everyone was13 afraid to go in because the fire was14 ，so I went in. As I was running toward his bed, I saw a piece of wood coming down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked 15 but fortunately, a fireman came in and saved both of us.” She 16 the burned side of her face. “This scar will be 17 , but to this day, I have never18what I did.”

    At this point, the little boy came out running toward his mother with tears in his eyes. He held her in his arms and felt a great19 of the sacrifice（牺牲）that his mother had made for him. He held her hand 20for the rest of the day.

    I always wondered how people would react if I tried to approach a total stranger for help in a busy place like a street corner or a mall. I had always 1 a stranger who tried to catch my 2 in a busy place.

    Yesterday I was in a busy shopping mall buying a large piece of luggage because I just had the 3 to do it after many days of planning. After the 4, I picked up my phone from my pocket to call my driver waiting in the parking lot but my phone was 5.

    Then I requested the shop assistant who had 6 sold me the merchandise （which was not cheap）if she could ring my driver for me. She 7 that it was the shop policy that they cannot use 8 while working in the shop.

After I got out of the shop onto the busy street, I 9 a young mother with her two kids to make the same 10. As soon as I said “Excuse me, madam!” she grabbed her kids and ran. I 11 a kidnapper.

    I stood there wondering how many times I had 12 to strangers like the young 13. I stood there in the 14 street with people rushing by, looking at their faces to see if there was a sign of 15 on their faces.

    I saw a man pretty shabbily dressed compared to me who 16 to notice me. I just stopped him and made my request. He 17 called my driver and waited till my car came to make sure I was picked up, turned around 18 I could thank him adequately and was gone.

    I was 19 by his kindness and hope I will do 20 to strangers who try to catch my attention from now on.

    A pioneering dancer is proving that you can chase your dreams-even in a wheelchair. Since the age of three, Chelsie Hill had1of becoming a dancer. "The only thing that I2was dance," she told CBS News.

    That ambition nearly3one night in 2010. Hill,4a 17-year-old high school senior in Pacific Grove, California, was in a car accident that put her in the5for 51 days and left her paralyzed (瘫痪) from the6down.

    For most people, that would have7any hope of a dancing career. For Hill, it was the8. Far from being an obstacle (障碍), her wheelchair9her. "I wanted to prove to my community—and to myself-that I was still ‘10,'" she told Teen Vogue. "Whatever normal meant."

    Normal for her meant11so Hill did it in her wheelchair right12her nondisabled high school dance team. "Half of my13was taken away from me, and I have to move it with my,14," Hill told Today. "It definitely15a lot of learning and patience."

    After16, Hill wanted to expand her dance network to include17like her. She met people online who had suffered various physical injuries but shared her determination, and she invited them to dance with her. "It was such a(n)18experience." Hoping to reach more people in a larger city, Hill19to Los Angeles in 2014 and formed a team of dancers with disabilities she calls the Rollettes.

    "I want to20the stereotype (模式化观念) of wheelchair users and show that dance is dance, whether you're walking or you're rolling," she told CBS News.

Have you ever had a day when everything seemed to go wrong, and nothing seemed to go right? Not too long ago I was having one of those days. I was discouraged, weary, and 1 sad. My focus was on me, me, me. After all, no one else was experiencing the same 2 as I was. 

I expressed my depressed 3 to my mother. She didn't offer any comfort; 4 . she said, "I heard Jamie was having a difficult day too. Why don't you make her some 5 and we'll take them to her this afternoon?"

I didn't really intend to, but I was bound to because I was 6 to go back to my other problems just yet. I made some and 7 them on a little plate. Then I made a card with a sunflower on it and wrote a small note of empathy. 

That afternoon we 8 my friend's house. I went to the door and 9 the bell. Soon Jamie came to the door and looked at me in 10 for the unexpected visit. Before she could say anything, I 11 , "I heard you were having a hard day and decided to bring you something. I hope your day goes better. " The look that 12 Jamie's face was one that I could never put into words. It was as if a darkened sky was suddenly 13 with the golden rays of the sun; it was as if in that small act, her day was brightened. 

I got back into the car and for some 14 reason, I felt a lot better myself somehow. That day I experienced the truth that James Barrie attempted to describe: "The guys who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot 15 it from themselves. "