A six-year-old kid walked into a candy store with his dad and was surprised by so many candies on offer. “It’s amazing. What should I ________?” he asked himself.

“Come on, son, we don’t have much ________. I have to attend an important meeting,” his dad said.

“These are all my ________ and I don’t know what to choose.” He picked up some bags and then put them back. He couldn’t make up his mind. “________, son, we have no time. I’m very ________,” his dad said. So the boy ran around the store ________ again. His eyes moved from one bag to another,but all of the sweets looked so good and he couldn’t make up his mind. ________, the dad had enough. He caught his son by the hand and they ________ the store empty-handed. The boy ________. He wanted them all, but ended up with ________ because he couldn’t choose just one.

Some of us are that boy. The world is that candy store. We have a great number of choices available to us, but if we don’t make a(n) ________ about our jobs, education, relationships, marriage or other ________ things, we will end up empty-handed. Sometimes we worry about making the ________ choice. What if we regret the direction that we take and it’s too late to go back? We don’t have to worry about this. How do we ________ whether it is good or not if we don’t make a choice? The bigger ________ is that we make no decision at all and end up going nowhere and doing nothing.

I often thought carefully and seriously about what my mother had said. At thought of my past conduct, a blush (脸红) of ____ rose to my cheeks, as many little acts of selfishness and ____ came back to my memory. So I ____ that for the future, both in great things and small, I would follow the Golden Rule.

It was not long after this that an ____ occurred of trying my principles. One Saturday evening when I went to Farmer Thompson’s inn to ____ the charge of my mother’s washing for the boarders. He was obviously busy ____ with some horse dealers and hardly noticing me as I made my ____ , except to swear at me, as usual, he ____ handed me a banknote.

Glad to ____ so easily, I hurried out of the gate, and then, pausing to pin the ____ in my folded scarf. I ____ that he had given me two bills instead of one and my first impulse was ____ at the unexpected prize. “It is mine, all mine,” I said to myself. At that moment I ____ what my mother told me： Don’t do what ____ wouldn’t like others to do on you. Turning round, I ____ along the road with breathless speed untilI found myself once more at Farmer Thompson’s gate.

“What do you ____ now?” asked the old fellow, as he saw me again.

“Sir, you paid me two bills, instead of one,” said I, ____ in every limb.

“Two bills? Did I? Let me see； well, so I did. Well, I am glad you are ____.”

I returned home with a ____ heart. I felt grateful that I practiced my life ____.

An old farmer had lived on the same farm all his life. It was really a good farm with fertile soil, but with the passing of the years, the farmer began to think that maybe there was something _________ for him. Every day he found a new _________ for criticizing some feature of his old farm. Finally, he decided to _________ it. He listed the farm with a broker (经纪人) who quickly _________ an advertisement emphasizing all the _________ of the farm.

When the broker read the ad. to the farmer for his _________ to place it in the local paper, the farmer listened _________. When the broker had finished, the farmer cried out, “Hold everything. I’ve changed my _________. I’ve been looking for such a place all my life!”

I think you’ll _________ that each of us, from time to time, __________ about things such as our home, our car, or our job. As human beings, it is __________ to want the best things in life.

The next time you find yourself __________ the relationship you have with your family, a neighbor or a friend, don’t worry. Human relationships have their ups and downs, so it is natural to __________ at times if you might get on well with someone else. If you ever find yourself in this mood, sit down in a __________ place and write an “obituary (讣告)” for that __________. Experience the powerful emotions that will surely overcome you when you __________ having to sum up a loved one’s life in a few paragraphs that could __________ a newspaper obituary. Notice how easy it is to come up with nice things to say about the person. Notice how much __________ there “was” in this person. Some day you may actually have to __________ this exercise “for real”, wipe the tears and then go and spend quality time with that person. __________ the moment and realize how lucky you are to have such a person.