On a common morning just inside the entryway to a subway station, a young man took his violin out of its case. He seemed quite common in _________. Then the man plucked (拨) the strings for minutes to tune his _________. After that, he reached into his pocket and _________ a few dollars, which he threw into the violin case, hoping that the passers-by would _________. Then he began to play, and thousands of people were hurrying to work, school, or wherever they were _________ as the morning rush was _________. Though the incredible sound of this man’s violin filled the subway station, it was apparently _________ by all.

If he were any other street _________, perhaps it would have been _________ that he earned little attention of people. __________ , he is Joshua Bell, one of the world’s most renowned __________, and he was playing one of the most classical masterpieces on his $3,000,000 violin. Actually, almost nobody noticed his playing. Why? One reason is that he didn’t look like a special man; the other is that everyone was too busy to __________ Joshua Bell’s excellent music.

“I’m busy!” is an everyday __________ from people like those who walked past Joshua Bell’s music without __________ a moment. All of this got me thinking: sometimes we should say no to useless busyness and allow for some __________ presence so as to perceive the beauty around us.

When I was in elementary school, I entered an Easter card design contest. The_______ was supposed to get 200 dollars as a reward and his or her design would be made into an actual Easter_______. I was so _______ that I didn't even realize I never got the dollars _______to me by the game organizer or _______ my card in stores. It was _______ but I was just happy to have won such a contest, my first one in effect. _______, I really enjoyed making the card, so_______ weren't that important. I realize that playing to win will always leave me feeling empty. Life is a lot more_______ if we play games for fun rather than victory.

Later on, I entered another contest. All I had to do was color a picture. This was what I loved to do: display my __________ in something others could enjoy. Luck __________ me, and I managed to win once more. When I saw the prize, a pair of paper glasses, I thought it was the coolest thing in the world. __________, if I were to find those same glasses now, I would think they counted for nothing.

Then, I started to enter contests with no prize, such as the lottery. I no longer minded__________ because the event itself was meaningful. The key to happiness is to put less thought into the__________ but more focus on making the journey unforgettable.

       In most of my experiences, the results didn't__________ my expectations because I idealized them. I just need to remember what my earliest contests have__________ me. Now my goal is to enter college, but I am not striving for good grades so that I can gain __________. Education is about learning, not just a necessary __________ to the next stage in my life. I'm studying hard __________ I' m eager to learn, and the__________ follow. I'll do my best to make college worth the struggle it requires.

I am a Senior 3 student, and all my classmates are always talking about the future. Nine out of ten _________ are about universities, dream jobs, or what we want to seek after high school.

My desk is already covered with stickers(贴纸) from universities I even don’t know whether to _________ for. And my diary is filled with more notes about grades for _________ than personal thoughts.

However, I recently found that _________ the future is preventing me from living in the present. I selected courses I _________ had no interest in just to improve my grades. I found myself doing schoolwork only with the _________ of getting good grades for university admissions.

At one time, I had viewed high school as a path to _________ me from childhood to adulthood. I felt that way until last month when I _________ my school’s two-hour dance party.

As I danced with 200 _________ teenagers in the hall, I had a feeling I hadn’t felt for a long time: I was present and we were all present. I wasn’t worried about my __________ because that wasn’t important at that moment. All that __________ was that I was young.

That night __________ everything. I understand now high school is __________ just a path to adulthood. High school is a rightful destination of its own. Ever since I’ve been trying to __________ every second of my life in the present. Every time I find myself __________ about the future, I take a step back, recenter myself and live my life as an adolescent, not an adult-to-be.