People come in all colors, shapes, and sizes. We’re all born to be our own _________ . For Sarah White, a young baby girl, she was born with the congenital melanocytic nevus (CMN) (先天性黑色素细胞痣)on her face.

Sarah’s mother, Ariel White, _________ thought her baby just had a small bruise(瘀伤). However, she later found out it was a(n) _________ birthmark. Knowing the troubles her daughter might _________ with such a terrible birthmark, therefore, Ariel has been on a mission to change how the world _________ beauty. In an effort to raise awareness about Sarah’s _________, the mother set up a social media page where she shares _________ on Sarah’s day-to-day life.

Ariel said, “Many people have never seen a birthmark like Sarah’s and that’s part of why I was _________ to share. This is a good platform for parents and their children to see kids have _________. ”She has focused on spreading understanding of the CMN. Surprisingly, __________ social media and Ariel’s passion, the family has been able to __________ other kids just like Sarah on the other side of the world.

Ariel added the toughest thing for Sarah in the future could be her mental health. “She may __________ bullying (欺凌) and the similar kind of experiences. Honestly, I think that just mainly comes from people’s lack of the related knowledge. It doesn’t __________ me that others haven’t seen it. Instead, I really __________ the more people can see these differences, the more __________ the differences will seem to be, through my efforts. ”

The other day I was shopping at a local store and met a lady. She was squatting (蹲坐)on the floor looking for a ______ product on the bottom shelf. She jumped up when she saw me as if to ______ my way. Apologetically(抱歉地) she ______ that she was a ______ at a nearby store and was ______ her lunch break, trying to get a few needed items.

I reassured(使消除疑虑) her, “I am in no hurry. Go ahead and do what you need to do.”

____ she searched for a particular brand she said that sometimes ______ were rude to her at the store and she really ______ my kindness. I told her that I had noticed cashiers being treated rudely. I explained to her that I was a retired nurse and ______ some of what she was saying first hand. Sometimes, the sick people could be rude.

She thanked me for being so nice and friendly. I told her, “The world would be a   _______place if we all acted ______. Those who are rude may have bad karma(因果报应) coming after them eventually for ______ people badly.” She nodded and broke out in a big smile.

In a brief ______ I showed her there are good and kind people in the world and may have boosted(增进)her ______ in humanity. Maybe she ______ that later in the day, perhaps when someone was treating her unkindly.

My mother recently read me a speech she had made at a local high school, hoping to ______ my endless quest(寻求)for answers to everything．

Ever since I was very young, ________of making mistakes, I've asked countless times, “What should I do?” I don't remember clearly when I_______ only to do things the “right” way, and made “doing it the right way” my motto．

However, sometime during my high school years, I ________．Maybe it was when I decided to try for the lead in “Beauty and the Beast”. Never mind that I would have to remember ________and rehearse(排练)movements, I would take the chance that I might ________. On the day of tryouts, my heart was pounding; my hands were ________badly when I got up to sing. But when I opened my mouth, the sound was loud and ______．I reached for the high notes that sometimes were _______ my reach. I was trying to do my best even though I might fail．______ I didn't!

The audition(试镜)was definitely an _______part of the process. I realized that if I wanted to live my life to the fullest, I had to take _______．

Now, I do take these challenges, with baby steps, every day; voicing my opinions in class discussions or debates，_______ for a high note in church choir, riding my horse over a three-foot jump．

Three years ago, I broke my back when I fell from my horse.The ________meant I couldn't try out for basketball, which I loved. And, the day I ________ out for track was the first day my doctor allowed me to do any physical activity at all. The coach didn't take me, so I started jogging with my mom. No stopwatches. No cheering crowds. I didn't ________the track team, but I didn't fail, either．

I have finally learned to ________myself, like taking a tough science course. And I have come to realize that even though my parents, friends and teachers don't always have the_______ to “What should I do?”，they will be there to ________me when I try．

“Life is learning to deal with Plan B,” my mother ________ in her speech．But I now know that the Plan A's I make for my life will become easier and easier with every chance I take．