I was required to read one of Bernie Siegel's books in college and was hooked on his positivity from that moment on. The stories of his unconventional1and the exceptional patients he wrote about were so2to me and had such a big3on how I saw life from then on. Who knew that so many years later I would look to Dr. Bernie and his CDs again to4my own Cancer experience ？

I'm an ambitious5, and when I started going through chemo( 化疗 )，even though I'm a very6person, I lost my drive to write. I was just too tired and not in the7One day, while waiting to go in for8, I had one of Dr. Bernie's books in hand. Another patient9what I was reading and struck up a conversation with me10he had one of his books with me as well. It11that among other things, he was an eighty-year-old writer. He was12a published author, and he was currently13on a new book.

We would see each other at various times and14friends. Sometimes he wore a duck hat, and I would tell myself, he was definitely a ( n )15of Dr. Berline. He really put a16on my face. He unfortunately17last year due to his cancer,18he left a deep impression on me and gave me the19to pick up my pen again. I20to myself, “If he can do it, then so can I. ”

    One day,Walter Elias was walking through an apple orchard (果园）when he discovered an owl (猫头鹰）in a tree. Remembering that he had been told that owls hunted at night but slept during the1 Walter quickly got close to the 2 bird.

    “ What a wonderful pet this funny creature would make,” he thought to himself. So he reached up and 3 it by the leg4the owl went crazy and tried to 5Equally terrified, Walter threw it to the6 and stomped (踩踏）it to death. When the struggle ended, he 7the broken bird and cried. Feeling terrible, he ran away from the orchard, but later8to bury the owl. For months he dreamed of this bird he had wanted for a9but in terror had killed.10years later did he share this secret.

    Perhaps it was this11 that helped make Walter the person he became. Never could he bring that owl back to life but he made all the 12of the forest come alive through his drawings and the wonderful entertainment center13 after himself.

    His full name? Walter Elias Disney, a name 14 to the whole world.

    Have you ever failed or done something that you later felt15about or experienced a ( n)16that gave your self-concept a beating? When we fail or feel as though we have failed, we17 to think we are losers. It isn't so. Walter Disney turned his18childhood dream into a beautiful one, which 19became a reality. We can do the same, too.20 we don't fear to fail, we will succeed someday!

    Once a little boy found a caterpillar （蝴蝶幼虫）. After he was allowed to 1 it at home, the little boy got a large box from his mother and put plants to eat, and a stick to climb on. One day the caterpillar climbed up the stick and started acting 2. The boy worriedly called his mother who came and understood that the caterpillar was creating a cocoon （茧）. The mother explained how the caterpillar was going to go through a(n) 3 and become a butterfly.

    The little boy watched every day, waiting for the coming out of the butterfly. One day it happened, a small hole 4 in the cocoon and the butterfly started to struggle （挣扎） to come out. At first the boy was 5, but soon he became concerned. The butterfly was struggling so hard. But it looked like it was making no 6. Longing to see it out, the boy decided to help. He cut the cocoon with scissors to make the hole 7 and the butterfly quickly flew out!

    To his surprise, the butterfly had an unexpectedly large body and small wings. He 8 to watch the butterfly, hoping that the wings would dry out, enlarge and expand to support the huge body. 9 nothing happened! It never was able to 10.

    The boy tried to 11 what had gone wrong. To help him, his mother took him to talk to a scientist. He 12 that the butterfly was supposed to struggle. Without the struggle, the butterfly would never fly. The boy's good wish 13 the butterfly.

    As you go through school, and life, keep in mind that struggling is an important part of any experience for 14. It is the struggle that 15 us to develop our ability to fly.

    Almost everything was fantastic in the nature camp except for a girl, Elizabeth. When I saw her sitting alone in the hot sun at lunch, I asked her to eat with us under a(n) 1 tree. However, Elizabeth refused my kind 2. When we invited her to play volleyball with us, Elizabeth 3 our invitation, too. After a few more 4 refusals like that, I decided to stay away from Elizabeth.

    It 5 that we were going on a nature 6 and that our instructor paired everyone up with a partner. Guess who my partner turned out to be. It was Elizabeth!

    “What do you like to do 7?” I asked, trying to make small 8 as we started out. “I like to 9 in peace and quiet,” Elizabeth 10. So we had the quietest and most peaceful hike in the world 11 we saw a bird. “I think his wing is hurt. Poor little bird,” Elizabeth said 12. “He might be taking a rest over there.” I said. Elizabeth nodded. Then she whispered, “But what if he's in13, like my granddad?” “Your granddad?” I said. “He 14 and broke his leg the day the camp started. He's 15 in hospital and is in so much pain,” Elizabeth explained. I noticed she was 16. “I'm sorry for what I have done. For some reason, whenever I get really sad, I act 17 and want to be alone,” she added.

    “I get it,” I said. “I don't always know how to 18 it when I'm feeling down, either.” “Thanks,” she said, wiping off her tears.

    After that, Elizabeth seemed to get along well with us, and I think she actually 19 the last few days of the camp.

    Next time, if someone is unfriendly, give him a second 20. Maybe he's going through a tough time.

    I am a nurse working in a hospital. It was a 1 morning when an elderly gentleman 2 to have his heart condition checked by the doctor. He said he was in a hurry 3 he had an appointment at 9:00 a. m.

    I had him take a seat. Since there were a lot of people 4 to see the doctor, I knew it would be over an hour 5 the doctor would be able to see him. I saw him looking at his watch 6 while waiting. To make him not feel so 7 with nothing to do for long hours, I decided to go over and 8 with him for a while. The gentleman told me that he 9 to go to the nursing home to have breakfast with his mom. His mother had been suffering from a disease and had 10 there for several years.

    As we talked, I asked if she would be upset if he was a bit 11. He replied, "She can't 12 me now." I was 13, and asked him, "And you still go every morning, 14 she doesn't know who you are?" He smiled and said, "She doesn't know me, but I 15 make out who she is—the woman who gave me not only 16 but a mother's whole love." I was moved to tears and felt very 17 on such a winter day. The 18 between parents and children is everlasting (永恒的).

    Just then, a young man came up and said to the man, "Grandpa, now it's my 19 to see the doctor. I am not in a hurry, so you can do it first." The elderly man was very 20 and went in the doctor's to have his heart examined.

    I began to do volunteer work in grade seven. I experienced many meaningful moments, and the most1ones were when I was volunteering as a swimming2at the YMCA in Brockton, Massachusetts. At first, I was a teacher's3. "What are we going to do next?" When is the play time? These were just two of the questions I was often4there. On the day of my first class, I thought it was going to be a(n) 5 job. I 6that since I had taken swimming lessons from the age of five, I knew the7about swimming. After all, I was good at all8of swimming! 9, I soon found out there was more about teaching swimming than just knowing how to swim.

    During my first class, I assisted the swimming teacher in teaching a group of five-year-old kids. From that moment on, my10of teaching changed. Teaching is communicating. To instruct children, one has to make the lessons11 and interesting for them to learn. I had to learn many games that would help the children to 12as swimmers. Such as "Red Light, Green Light" and "Blast-Off." I must devote myself to teaching them and set a(n)13example to them.

    I expected to teach a group of children, but it14my students were the ones who taught me how to be a(n)15teacher. Not only was it challenging to learn the children's names, but it was also challenging to16to their many personalities and moods. There were many 17that went along with helping these children, among which was seeing a child18a task that he or she could not do before they met me. 19, through the volunteer work, I learned that there would always be rewards by giving, and there would be20by making efforts.