It was a cloudy day, and the terrible experience happened when I was studying in Bangalore. I got a call from my mom that my brother's1was fixed and they were arranging the wedding ceremony in the next few days.My 2was pretty far. So the next thing I was 3 to do was to book my 4 ticket as there was no direct flight to my hometown. The 5 was done by an agent in my neighborhood. I paid the whole amount 6. But when the day approached the 7 disappeared, leaving me without the train ticket, and thus 8all my travel plan.

    But as it is said, once you face such 9 situations, you realize your inner strength. I 10 decided I would complete my whole journey by bus. Without further 11 ， I took a bus to the first city stop. The next bus was again not 12 —it was 8 hours to a city near my hometown, where my aunt lived. They were also going to 13 my brother's wedding ceremony. So I called them and 14 them to accommodate me. They 15. Half the battle was won.

    Then next day, I was just a few hours from my hometown. When my aunt's family and I were boarding our car, my 16 asked me to switch places with her.

    The journey continued. We were trying to overtake(超越) another car when 17 a truck appeared in front of us and we went directly head on in front of it. We 18 with the truck. In this accident, almost everyone in our car was 19. Fortunately, I didn't have any injury, 20my cousin who switched places with me was seriously injured!

    When I was about twelve, I was taken out for dinner with my family one day. As we headed towards the 1, a girl about my age came up to us and asked if we had any spare2. My mom asked where she kept her things. She pointed to an old car. She said there were six of them3in that car, which was the same size as my own 4

    After 5   her a few dollars, we said goodbye. Then, my mother sent me inside the restaurant with my grandparents, my dad and my6. But she didn't come. 7, she had gone home and 8our cupboards(橱柜) into a few bags. She brought all the 9 over to the car and handed the bags to the family. I wasn't there when that10, but I could imagine the 11appearing on their faces.

    Later, when I 12about what she had done, I asked her 13 she helped them. She told me that the girl's family 14 needed help. The girl and I were the same15, yet we lived 16 lives.

    Here I stood, 17 in good clothes, headed to dine in a restaurant and then back home to the bedroom I 18 with my sisters. I remembered thinking that the other girl didn't have any food to eat and had to share a cold car with five other people.

    After 19this picture in my mind, I understood why my mom had done what she had done. She 20 me one of the best lessons I ever learned.

We lived in an old building on a farm years ago. It was a wonderful house for children. Also on the farm was the old 1building for the wood company my grandfather had 2. It was a few hundred feet of the house. There was a big sign across the front 3"office." Later it was no longer 4as an office, so it became my playhouse.

    In the room was a safe that my grandfather used for his 5.It was locked. We didn't know what was inside, 6none of the family ever tried to open it. I used it for a 7. I had my dishes and little things on it.

    One night there was a terrible 8. I was always afraid of it, so when I heard the thunder, I 9out of bed and ran downstairs to my parents. They comforted me and 10me the storm was about over.

    The next day when I went back to my 11, I opened the door and discovered papers spread all over the floor. The front of the safe was 12and my little dishes were all around the room. It was a 13!

    I ran to tell my parents what I'd seen. Soon it was 14all over the neighborhood. Of course, that's an extraordinary 15, and everyone wanted to see the damaged safe. Maybe someone thought there was 16in it.

The loud "thunder" I heard during the night had almost 17the safe, so it was 18for some men to blew it apart. But we just saw some papers and several books. Everybody calmed down and left 19.

    Later I still used the damaged safe as a table, but years later, the picture of that old safe and the people's expression 20me.

    It's only after three weeks into a new job that I made a serious mistake. My boss called it “extremely embarrassing” in a company-wide e-mail, which he wrote because he felt he needed to explain that what I did was something 1 in the company should ever do.

    I wish I could give a good excuse for what I did. At the very least, I wish I could 2 it somehow — 3 it on youth, inexperience or ignorance. Unfortunately, I'm 4, experienced and I know better.

    5I work with some very kind people. For the past couple of days many of them have taken time to6by my desk and offer comfort, encouragement and support. Some have shared with me similar7they have made. Evidently I'm not the only “8” person here.

    One of the exchanges I had this week was with Lois, the much-honored, much-respected professional who9 the desk right next to mine. Lois was completely10about her work, and to be honest I was a little11about how she would12to such an extremely embarrassing incident.

    As I expected, Lois mentioned the13when she saw me the next day. She mentioned it directly, 14 with empathetic(感同身受的) consideration. She listened to my15. Just as I was ready to express my regrets, she brought my self-pity to a(n)16.

    “It happened”, she said, “There's nothing you can do to 17that. It happened. But it's over now. It's 18. It's in the past. You need to let it go, and move on.” And with that she returned her 19 to her work, as if to say, “We're done here.” I beat myself up for weeks. At such times I need to remember those 20words: It's over. It's done. Let it go. And mostly, move on.

    April 1st is a day on which, in some countries, people try to play tricks on others. If one 1 in tricking someone, one laughs and says: "April Fool!" and then the person who was tricked 2 laughs, too.

    One April 1st, a country bus was going along a 3 road when it 4 down and stopped. The driver5 turned switches and pressed buttons, but nothing happened. 6 he turned to the passengers with a 7 look on his face and said: "This poor bus is getting 8 . It isn't going as well as it used to. There is only one thing to do if we want to get home today. I'll 9three. I want you all to lean(倾斜) 10 suddenly as hard as you can . This should 11 the bus started again, but if it doesn't, I'm afraid there's nothing else I can do. Now, all of you lean back as 12 as you can in your seats and get ready."

    The passengers all obeyed and waited 13.

    Then the driver turned to his 14and asked:" Are you ready?" The passengers 15 had enough 16 to answer: "yes."

"One! Two! Three!" counted the driver. The passengers all leant forward suddenly— and the bus started 17 at a great speed.

    The passengers breathed more 18 and began to smile with relief. But their smile turned to 19 and laughter when the driver 20 cried: "April Fool!"

    Stars guide the way for us in the dark. Some are 1, others are dim, but they all shine together as if they're 2 the ups and downs of life. Among them, I try to find Hazel's, the heroine of the novel The Fault in Our Stars, written by U.S. author John Green.

    Hazel is a 16-year-old girl who has cancer. In her 3 group, she wins a boy's love, who has lost a leg and he also has 4. They fight pain, fear and death together. 5 their lives are hard, Hazel has a strong will. She never 6, and even silently 7 the happiness of people around her, behind which, I believe, it is the inner spirit that makes her 8.

    Hazel isn't 9. She quarrels with her parents, like most teenagers. But most of the time, she's very 10, never letting cancer be an excuse to 11 her life. She regards cancer as a side effect of death, which everyone will 12 one day. She accepts the fact that "the world is not a wish-granting factory", so she13 every single moment in life, no matter if it's 14 or sweet.

    That's 15 I admire her. I don't experience the pain and the challenge that Hazel has faced, but 16, I come across many difficulties. When I'm in 17, I always wonder what I can do about it. If there's no more mercy I can beg for, then I try to find 18 in my heart. Hazel has taught me that we should love and appreciate life as it is, forget today's 19, and live life to its fullest. 20, tomorrow is another day.