One of my main concerns when I am helping people achieve their goals {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (be) how they measure success . I see individuals getting  {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (frustrate) as they struggle hard for success.

    The main reason is that people allow their definition of success to be determined by someone or something else. We should look at {#blank#}3{#/blank#} own skills to determine what is successful to us. We should look inwards to determine {#blank#}4{#/blank#} it would mean for us to be successful in our own mind.

    Evaluating a successful person needs {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (look) at his pathway to success, his action and his{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (determine). You must set your own course of action, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} stay on your course. You alone must determine what success means to you. Do what you do to the best of your ability and the rest will take care of itself.

    Here is the {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (true). Being a success is doing your best, not being the best. Success is not something you become, but it is something you continue being.

    When we get to that point, we will experience a lot more joy and a lot less depression. And that {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (sound) good to us!

    Remember the great quote from Napoleon Hill, “If you cannot do great things, do small things in {#blank#}10{#/blank#} great way.”

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    Last October, while tending her garden in Mora, Sweden, Lena Pahlsson pulled out a handful of small{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(carrot) and was about to throw them away. But something made her look closer, and she noticed a{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(shine) object. Yes, there beneath the leafy top of one tiny carrot was her long-lost wedding ring.

    Pahlsson screamed{#blank#}3{#/blank#}loudly that her daughter came running from the house. "She thought I had hurt{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(I)," says Pahlsson.

    Sixteen years {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(early), Pahlsson had removed the diamond ring{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(cook) a meal. When she wanted to put the ring back on later, it was gone. She suspected that one of her three daughters — then ten, eight, and six — had picked it up, but the girls said they hadn't. Pahlsson and her husband {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(search) the kitchen, checking every corner, but turned up nothing. "I gave up hope of finding my ring again," she says. She never replaced it.

    Pahlsson and her husband now think the ring probably got {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(sweep) into a pile of kitchen rubbish and was spread over the garden{#blank#}9{#/blank#}it remained until the carrot's leafy top accidentally sprouted (生长) through it. For Pahlsson, its return was{#blank#}10{#/blank#}wonder.

    I am a huge fan of thrift shop (旧货店) and have several that I check out every weekend. It's how I relax and get some time to {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (I). I actually look forward to it every week.

    One of my favorite shops started discounting certain pieces of clothing by 90%. I was {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (disappoint) at first that I couldn't benefit from this, because none of them was in my or my husband's size.

    Then it {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (occur) to me that I could stock up on sweaters and jackets for the coming cold weather and donate them {#blank#}4{#/blank#} the homeless shelter! In the last couple of {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (week) I've gotten six huge bags of clothes for under $20! I try to get unisex (男女皆宜的) colors and styles in case there are women {#blank#}6{#/blank#} need clothing, too.

    I went to the shelter today to drop off the clothing. It was pouring with rain, and there were several people huddled (挤成一团) inside {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (wait) for lunch. One poor man was lying on the wet floor. I asked him {#blank#}8{#/blank#} he wanted something dry to lie on and gave him a sleeping bag. He was thrilled and said he {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (real) needed one.

    Before dropping off the clothing I put {#blank#}10{#/blank#} smile card into one of the jacket pockets!

    Nobody wants to be aged, but{#blank#}1{#/blank#}it comes to visiting cities, most of us want to visit the world's oldest cities. Luoyang is one of the oldest and most {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(attract) cities in the world that I'd like to recommend to you.

    Luoyang stands out {#blank#}3{#/blank#}the oldest continually inhabited (持续居住的) city in Asia. The city is considered to be {#blank#}4{#/blank#}birthplace of Chinese culture and history as well as being one of the Seven Ancient Capitals of China. There {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (be) no other city in China that has seen so many{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(dynasty) like Luoyang.

    With such a long and exciting history, Luoyang has really a lot {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (offer). The longmen Grottoes(龙门石窟), which {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(include) in the world Heritage List since 2000, and many historic Buddhist temples{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (constant) attract tourist from all over the world. Luoyang is also famous for the White Horse Temple, the earliest Buddhist temple {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(build) in China. Are you anxious to visit the city?