I used to abandon(放弃) myself to despair(绝望). Last year, my mother 1 from a stroke(中风） and had a operation on her brain. I felt my whole life turn upside down and I had no 2 what I could do to help her to relieve her 3. Tears welled up in my eyes whenever I was alone.

    Last month I 4 a precious watch, which was an 18-year-old birthday gift from my father. I could not fall asleep for a couple of nights because I felt 5 about the loss.

There have been many 6 like these in my life. I could never figure out how to deal with such tough things 7 I read " If You Have a Lemon, Make a Lemonade" by American writer Dale Carnegie.

"When the wise man is handed a lemon, he says, ‘What 8 can I get from this? How can I 9 my situation? How can I turn this lemon into a lemonade?'" He wrote.

    I suddenly 10 that life is full of ups and downs, so I need to stay11 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 of14 and crying.

    Several weeks ago, I took part in a campus singing competition. I didn't 15 a prize. If I had not 16 the article, I would definitely have felt 17 again. But instead, I smiled after the competition. I was happy that at least I had got some stage 18.

    Life is not just a bed of roses. There are thorns as well, but these thorns help us become 19 and strong. When life 20 us a lemon, let's try to make a lemonade.

    Jay Ruckelshaus won a full scholarship to Duke University. Then, just weeks before he was 1 to arrive on campus, he broke his neck in an accident.

    At the Shepherd Center, Jay had eight hours of exercise a day,2 his muscles and working on his 3. “Before, was 4 setting goals and achieving them. But this was not what you could achieve.”

    5the breakthrough came: He was able to 6 on his own, eat, and use an iPad. “The iPad was great, ”he said, “That gave me 7 to the world.” To stretch his mind further, he 8 for courses online.

    Most people, he said,9 he would change his plans to study after his accident. But throughout his 10 his place at Duke University was what kept him going. For Jay, there was never any 11 he would go to Duke. “There was also no doubt from the university, which was wonderful, and wouldn't have been the 12 at some other schools.

    Finally getting into Duke a year later than planned,13being in a wheelchair, he was 14 to have a fun college life. He needed 15, but soon made great friends. In 16 studying for a degree and sitting co-editing a journal, he was able to hang out with friends.

    Also, he thought of other wheelchair users and decided to help them. “I 17I was having an amazing time and meeting amazing people,” he said. The feeling was almost 18. Therefore, he started a charity called Ramp Less Traveled to spread the 19 that college is 20 for students with spinal cord (脊髓) injuries.

    After the birth of my second child, I got a job at a restaurant. Having worked with an experienced 1 for a few days, I was 2 to wait tables on my own. All went 3 that first week. When Saturday night came, I was luckily 4 the tables not far from the kitchen. 5 , I still felt a little hard to carry the heavy trays (托盘)。

    Before I knew it, the6was full of people. I moved slowly, 7every step. I remember how 8 I was when I saw the tray stand near the tables, it looked different from the one I was9 on. It had nice handles (手柄)，which made it 10 to move around. I was pleased with everything and began to 11 I was a natural at this job.

    Then, an old man came to me and said, “Excuse me, dear, my wife and I loved 12you work. It seems your tray stand has been very 13 to you, but we are getting ready to14 now, and my wife needs her 15back.”

    At first his 16did not get across. “What was he talking about!” Then I got it. I had set my trays on his wife's orthopedic walker (助步器). I stood frozen as ice, but my face was17. I wanted to get into a hole and18.

    Since then, I have learned from many mistakes such as the one I just 19, I have learned to be more 20and not to be too sure of myself.

    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.

    After 21 years of marriage, Bill Henrichs and Mary Ziegler concluded that they were no longer a good match. The couple politely divorced in 1995 and went their 1 ways, but they continued to see each other when meeting their 2at their school and sporting events. In February 2018, 3 , she and Henrichs learned they were a match in a different way.

    Henrichs's kidneys(肾)were 4, and he was in need of a 5.After nearly 40 family members and friends were tested as possible 6 , the result surprised all—only one person 7 to be a perfect match—Ziegler.

    So on Oct.16 more than four decades after they said "I do, "she and Henrichs, 62 , were 8into an operating room, and one of Ziegler's healthy kidneys was 9 and given to her ex-husband. The surgery went well, and the transplant is 10 well and continuing to improve as Mr. Henrichs 11 from the surgery. Henrichs was beyond grateful for his ex-wife's sympathy and 12 , but he was also worried in the hours before the 13 .

    Just three weeks after the transplant, she was back to work and doing yoga—a quick turnaround considering that the 14 kidney donor needs a healing period of six to eight 15."This entire experience has brought us all 16."She and Henrichs hope that by sharing their story, other 17 will realize that divorce is not always a reason to 18ties.

    "Divorce is divorce, but there's no reason to 19 , "Henrichs said."There are lots of reasons why it's 20 to get along." He pauses and laughs." Someday, you just might need a kidney."

    I was on a plane returning home to Dallas, Texas after completing my duty in Vietnam. There were no hometown parades for us veterans (退役老兵) from that 1 war and I had been warned about the unfriendliness from our countrymen at that time. 2, I was just trying to get home without incident.

    I sat, in uniform, in a window seat, 3 eye contact with my fellow passengers. No one was sitting in the seat next to me, which 4 my loneliness. A little girl, not more than 10 years old, suddenly 5 in the passage. She smiled and, without a word, 6 handed me a magazine. I accepted her 7 together with her quiet "welcome home". I turned to the window and wept. Her small 8 of caring was the first I had 9 in a long time.

    I believe in the 10 between strangers when we reach out to one another.

    Today, that young girl 11 has no memory of what happened years ago. I like to think of her as having grown up, continuing to 12 others and teaching her children to do the same. I know she might have been told to give me the "13" by her parents. It doesn't matter why she gave me the magazine. The 14 thing is she did.

    From then on, I have followed her 15 and tried, in different ways for 16 people, to do the same for them. I know that my 17 since then are all due to that little girl. Her offer of a magazine to a tired, scared and 18 soldier has echoed (产生回响) throughout my 19. I have to believe that my small gestures have the same 20 on others.