Have you ever complained that life is so tiring or that there is too much homework? Does the sky sometimes seem dark to you? Are your studies sometimes not successful? Well, friends, cheer up and smile all the time. If you look at the world with a warm heart, you will find that the whole world smiles at you.
While in school, sometimes you are tired of your lessons, but have you noticed the happy smile on your teacher's face when you do a good job?
If one day it is fine, but just before you go out, it suddenly starts to rain. Maybe you would feel very sad and start complaining about the weather. Dear friends, why don't you sit down and listen to the free concert that the nature offers you? Also with the timely rain, crops in the fields will grow better and better and farmers will have a good harvest.
Although everyone wants to succeed in what he tries to do, sometimes failure can't be avoided. I think failure is not terrible. The terrible thing is that we are afraid of it and give up hope. When we face failure, we must be confident of ourselves, draw a useful lesson from it and try our best to finish what we have decided to do. As a popular saying goes, “Failure is the mother of the success.”
Attitude decides everything, with an optimistic attitude life is easy and pleasant. Let's smile at whatever we meet and the whole world will smiles at us.

Several years ago, when I was teaching at a middleschool, a girl sent me a message. She found someone write a very1messageon her locker. She made a picture of it and then sent it to me asking for2.

A few hours later, I noticed that on herInstagram she had posted that picture and asked if anyone3whodid that.

Well, the following day, the girl came to mewith a boy. She showed me a4she had received. It was a heartfeltapology. I asked her if she knew who had done it, and the boy repliedembarrassedly(尴尬地), "It was me. I don't know why I did it,but I know it was5. So I wrote her this note. I6wantedto do something to try to make up for my meanness."

My heart felt so full of7forthis boy. I told him how8he was to come forward and how amazing itwas that he did something9to correct his mistake. I10thegirl and asked her if she could forgive him. Without hesitation, she said, "Yes."

I think middle school students are not littlechildren any more, and not grown-ups yet. It is normal that they make mistakes.Every day I remind myself that although I am an educator, my students trulylove me.

One day a little boy asked his father, "What does the word ‘great' mean? Who are great people and 1 do they become great? "

The father asked his son to bring two plants and then told him to plant one of them 2 the house and the other outside the house. The boy did as his father said.

The father asked his son, "Which one of the two plants do you think will be  3  and bigger? " The boy replied, "The plant inside the house will be safer,  4  it will grow bigger, while the plant outside the house is not safe at all. No one will be there to  5 it. It may be eaten by animals."

The father smiled and said, "Let's wait  6 .We will know the answer."

Then the boy  7  for study and after four years he came back to his house. He said to his father, "Look, 8 happens to this plant inside the house and it is safe."

When the boy went outside, he was very  9  to see a big tree. The boy couldn't believe his eyes. He couldn't  10 how the plant outside was able to grow much bigger than the plant inside the house.

"The plant outside the house faced four  11  and many difficulties!" the father  12  to his son why the plant outside was bigger. "The plant inside was safe, it didn't face weather changes, and it didn't get proper  13 , so it didn't become big."

Here is the  14  to the question about being great:  15 a great person, one must have failed many times, experienced many difficulties and overcome those difficulties. After that, he is able to become great.

There is a story in the book History as a Mirror（《资治通鉴》）by Chinese historian Sima Guang.

Zhi Xuanzi was the head of Zhi, a big family of Jin State during the Spring and Autumn Period. He wanted Zhi Yao {#blank#}1{#/blank#}（be）the family head after him.

{#blank#}2{#/blank#}, another man in the family disliked the idea. He listed five good things of Zhi Yao. For {#blank#}3{#/blank#}, he was good at riding and shooting. But Zhi Yao had a big problem: his virtue（品德）. He had {#blank#}4{#/blank#} unkind heart.

Zhi Xuanzi didn't listen {#blank#}5{#/blank#} the idea. And still, Zhi Yao {#blank#}6{#/blank#}（become）the head of the family. He {#blank#}7{#/blank#}（quick）made the Zhi family develop. Soon it was much {#blank#}8{#/blank#}（strong）, than before. But because of his aggressive style, three other {#blank#}9{#/blank#}（family）worked together to fight against the Zhi family. Finally, Zhi family lost the fight.

Sims Guang used this story to tell us that having talent is not enough. {#blank#}10{#/blank#} talent and virtue are important. Excellent people must also have virtue.

We were silently waiting on the platform（站台） in the late afternoon.There he was，my1 grandfather with his grey hair and there I was，a teenage girl in my jeans and T﹣shirt.I was wondering how I was going to get through the next two days.Why did I agree to be with my strange grandpa on the two days' train ride from our city to2 ？

No one else wanted to be his partner along3 way since my grandfather refused to take a plane.Unlike him，I loved to fly because I wanted to get to the destinations（目的地） as4 as possible.No matter how much he 5 about the quickness of flying，my grandfather refused to book a flight，saying， "It is not just about time.It's the experience of getting there. "

With my first step onto the train，the journey was already different from 6 .The train was modern and filled with friendly travelers.We seated 7 in the dining car，where we could enjoy food and drinks while we were watching the beauty of nature passing by.Instead of listening to my own music，I listened to my grandfather talking 8 my family history that I had never had the time or patience to learn about before.For the first time I felt I 9 him.I was thankful for our time together on the train.

In this rapidly changing world，we often miss important moments.It is necessary to slow down10 listen to elders who offer a piece of their history or experience and share their feelings.Life isn't just about the destination.It's about the journey.