Finally, the farm where I’d grown up with my parents came into my sight. I picked up my _______and almost ran. There was a feel of “home”, a _______I really needed right then.

Suddenly a(n)_______sweet smell of lilacs in bloom (丁香花开) made me slow down. I _______ pulled a bunch (花枝) to my face and enjoyed the sweetness, as I had always done in my childhood.

Warm memories _______my mind until I got home. There, Mum and Dad _______me with a tight hug.

I_______announced, “It’s spring! The lilacs are in bloom!”

“Lilacs in blossom or not, it isn’t spring until winter is gone,” Dad_______. “We’ll still get a bit of cold weather.”

But I still_______that pleasure the lilacs had brought to me. Immediately, I recalled the card from Mum-one that had________me through my dark days. Printed on the card were a flower coming from the crack of rock and the________words, “In the middle of winter, I found within me an everlasting________.”At the bottom of the card, Mum added, “Spring is your favorite time of year. As always, it’s ________.”

These are words Mum, who always sees the________side of our life, lives by. Even during winter, she finds spring. I love her sense of joy and her willingness to________it.

I live in central London. It’s _______ . I see tons of people every day. The Uber driver. The office workers at rush hour. The cashiers at Sainsbury’s... Deep in my thoughts. I encounter and interact with people _______ like a robot sometimes, without giving it much thought. It’s becoming _______ for me to make spontaneous(自发的) friendships.

My mom was and still is the _______ of spontaneous friendships. She is the kind of person who will talk to a cashier and know her life story, talk to a sales assistant and become her _______ and talk to a man sitting nearby, get his number and have me visiting his workplace to get _______ on job hunting. These mindless chats have _______ her many friends, and they have also _______ many problems. I can’t remember how many times she did her magic and _______herself out of a bad situation. Sometimes I wish I could be ________ like her.   But on reflection, it’s something I can ________ and you can too.

For me to   ________, I had to make a habit of some sort.Here are three affirmations(肯定) I tell myself every day to be more open to people.

We are all ________. We are all in this world together so we might as well be ________ and make a connection with a fellow human.

Today is going to be a great day. Maybe I’ll meet someone who will ________ my day. I might be saved by a stranger. I might even meet my future ________before even applying.________ are created by people. Whether it is a job or anything else, opportunities come from people ________ each other.

So next time you wait in line or even sit in the underground, don’t be afraid to interact with a ________. You might get to that opportunity or solution that was ________ in them,waiting to be found.

Life will be peaceful if you always do kind things. I teach my daughters to develop a habit of ______ others. The little acts of ______ give you chances to provide service for others. They can make you feel how ______ it is to be kind and helpful.

We ______ in a rural (乡村的) area. Most of what we ______ is beautiful nature. One of the exceptions to the ______ is the rubbish that some people throw out of their car windows as they drive along the rural roads. One of the few ______ of living here is short of ______ public services, such as rubbish collection, which is common in the ______.

A helping behavior that I practice regularly with my daughters is driving around to pick up rubbish in our neighborhood. My daughters often have a ______ to see who can collect the most rubbish. They will often say to me in a(n) ______ voice, “There’s some rubbish, Daddy－ ______ the car!” And if we have time, we will often get out of our car and pick it up. ______ it may seem strange, we do it. In fact, we ______ it. We pick up rubbish in parks, on sidewalks, almost anywhere. One day, seeing a stranger picking up rubbish or the road, I stopped. He ______ his head and smiled, “I saw you doing this with your family. It’s a good ______ to protect our environment.”

There are many other ways to ______ kindness for others. You may share a dinner with a beggar, visit ______ old people in the nursing home, or help the blind ______ the street. You can think of something that can be finished ______ but helpful. It is fun, self-satisfying, and what’s more, it can set a good example. Helping others is helping yourself.