10% of life is made up of what happens to you and 90% of life is decided by how you react.

    What does this mean? Let us use {#blank#}1{#/blank#}example.

    You are having breakfast with your family. Your daughter knocks over a cup of coffee onto your business shirt. What happens next {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(determine)by how you react.

    You harshly scold your daughter for knocking the cup over. She breaks {#blank#}3{#/blank#} in tears. You storm upstairs and change your shirt. Back downstairs you find your daughter has been too busy {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(cry)to finish her breakfast and get ready to go to school. She misses the bus. You have to drive your daughter to school{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(you). After a 15-minute delay you arrive at school, And you arrive at the office 20{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(minute)late. Your day has started terrible. As it continues, it seems to get worse and worse Why?  Because of how you reacted in the morning.

    Here is {#blank#}7{#/blank#}could have and should have happened. Coffee splashes over you. Your daughter is about to cry. You {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(gentle)say, "It' s okay, honey, you just need to be more careful next time "Grabbing a towel you go upstairs and get your shirt{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(change) And you come back down in time to see your child getting on the bus. Everything goes well. Two different scenarios. Both started the same {#blank#}10{#/blank#} ended different. Why? Because of how you reacted.

    All the customers who went to the new supermarket had one strong wish to be the lucky customer who did not have to pay {#blank#}1{#/blank#} her shopping, for the notice inside the entrance {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (say), "Remember, once a week, one of our customers gets free goods. This may be your lucky day!"

    For several weeks, Mrs. Edwards hoped to be one of the lucky {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (housewife) like many of her friends. She never gave up hope. Cupboards in her kitchen {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (fill) with things that she didn't need at all. She dreamed of the day {#blank#}5{#/blank#} the manager of the supermarket would say to her with a smile, "Madam, this is your lucky day. Everything in your basket is free."

    One Friday afternoon, after she had finished shopping and had taken it to her car, she found that she had forgotten to buy some sugar. She rushed {#blank#}6{#/blank#} to the supermarket, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (get) the sugar and went towards the cash desk. As she did {#blank#}8{#/blank#}, she saw the manager of the supermarket come up to her and said, "{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (congratulate)! You are the {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (lucky) among all the customers this week and everything in your basket is free!"

    Keeping a diary in English is one of the {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (effect) ways to improve our English writing ability. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (compare) with other forms of writing, it is shorter and takes {#blank#}3{#/blank#} time. It can help us to develop the habit of thinking in English. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} we insist in this practice, gradually we'll learn how to express {#blank#}5{#/blank#}in English. In keeping a diary in English, we certainly come across many {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(difficult). In the first place, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} often happens that we have trouble finding proper words and phrases to give expression to our mind. Secondly, there are many idiomatic ways of saying things in Chinese.

    As far as I {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(concern), my suggestion is that we should always have a notebook and a Chinese-English dictionary within easy reach. We can also turn to our English teacher for help, if necessary. In short, I believe that it is {#blank#}9{#/blank#} great use to keep a diary in English for {#blank#}10{#/blank#} development of our writing skills.