“I just don't know what my purpose, what my mission in this life is!” a friend wrote me in an e-mail recently. For some reason her letter _______ an old memory in me so I wrote her back and _______ this with her.

When I was a young Dad, my family was _______ just to get by. I was getting a few days work here and there as a substitute teacher. I was teaching every subject and every grade from kindergarten to seniors in high school. Then near the _______ of the school year I got _______ at the last second to teach at a local grade school. I got there late worrying about the summer to come and the _______ of work it would bring. The class I got had a bad case of summer break _______ too. They were bouncing off their seats, talking in class, and not paying attention to anything I said. Finally, it was time for a rest and I was as happy as they were to get outside the _______ classroom. I watched them run and play and hoped it would _______ them out so the afternoon wouldn't be as ________ as the morning had been on me. It was then, however, that a little girl ran up to me. She had a handful of freshly ________ wild flowers. She reached a Daisy out to me and said, "This is for you, Mr. Mazzella." In that second I felt a ________ I hadn't felt all day. I smiled and thanked her for her gift as she skipped happily away.

In that instant the little girl had completed a part of her ________ here on Earth. In that second she had completed a moment of her mission. The ________ is that every single thing we do is a part of our purpose here. Every single thing we do is a part of our ________ . May all your days then be full of life, learning, and love.

During my senior year of college I was doing a part-time job at a local coffee shop. One_______rainy day, one of my regular_______came in looking_______and defeated. I asked him if I could help, but he just said he felt like_______in a corner and staying there for a few years. I knew how he felt. Before he left, I_______him his iced coffee with a bag of his favorite doughnut(甜甜圈) he hadn't ordered . '' It's on me,''   I told him, '' Have a nice day.''   He_______and thanked me and went out into the rain.

The next day was a horrible one. It was still raining_______.Few customers came to the coffee shop . I tried to smile as the customers_______about the weather, but it was_______to smile . With the small amount of pennies, I grew depressed.________, in the evening, the customer from the day before________He handed me a bunch of flowers________ordering anything, saying, ''Not too many people take the time to________others .Thanks for being so kind and________yesterday. I was________ moved by you. Have a great day!''     I was speechless and very________.I hadn't thought I had done anything________. My day took a turn for the better. From then on, I would smile to all my customers and ask________, '' How can I help you? ''

Every act of________we share does touch another’ s heart at a really sad life time and makes a better world . Let's use that________and make both Earth and Heaven smile.

From a very early age I knew I wasn’t adopted (领养). My older brother, Eddie and I looked too much the same because our faces were the ________ combination (结合) of our Mom’s and Dad’s. ________, I did feel different.

My oldest brother, Tony was ________ and outgoing. He could tell you a story that kept you smiling and ________ all the way through. Eddie was also confident and had so many friends. He could also make a clear and loud ________ that has served him well as a teacher and coach.

I, on the other hand, was ________, quiet, and not so outgoing as my brothers. I spent more time reading. I wanted to ________ everything. Being several years younger than them and usually ________ by them, I also spent more time playing alone. I wasn’t as lonely as you would ________, though. My imagination was a great friend in my loneliness and in some way I ________ the quiet.

Looking back on the long and ________ road of my life now, I can see that I was different, but it made me just the person I needed to be to live the life I have lived. My reading so much led me to start writing as well. My wish to learn everything helped me to ________ the biggest problems about love, kindness, joy, and life, and to ________ what I learned with others. My pleasure in a quiet life made it ________ for me to work from home and care for my family.

We each have a unique ________ in this life. It is our job to find it, to live it, and to love it.