语法填空Enlightenment(启示)can show up in some pretty strange ways. The Buddha found it under a Boddhi tree and Nelson Mandela in prison. It doesn’t matter where and how it happens. What matters is that it does happen. Little did I know, 【小题1】(I) would arrive in the form of a hard-shelled animal trying to cross the road—a turtle. But this wasn’t just any turtle; this was the world’s most optimistic one. He determined to cross twenty feet of tar(柏油)road as cars drove past quickly.
I thought【小题2】crazy to cross the road that way, the little one couldn’t【小题3】(realize) the danger, though. But today was his lucky day. My wife’s quick driving reflexes(反应)not only ensured that “turtle soup” would not be for dinner that night, 【小题4】 her act of kindness would eventually become the foundation for everything I teach today. As unusual as this sounds, the simple act of pulling over our car, removing this little turtle from harm’s way, and placing him back into the wild, caused something extraordinary【小题5】(happen) inside of me.
As I stood there holding this tiny creature in my hands, a wave of pure delight came over me. It was that warm, teary-eyed feeling【小题6】was felt during life’s greatest moments, like falling in love or the birth of a child. I honestly felt as if my heart was completely opening up as everything stood still around me.
In no way would I have described it as “enlightenment”, but there was no doubt about it—helping this little turtle just felt so good!
But why? After all, it’s just a turtle, right? And then it hit me. I finally realized what was happening. If it【小题7】 (not be) for the turtle, I wouldn’t have got the feeling. At that point, a flood of【小题8】(inspire) thoughts ran through me. I walked back to the car, opened my journal and wrote eight words that would later prove to be life changing for me: “kindness creates happiness and live a life of kindness”.
It was the answer I【小题9】(look) for for so long. The secret【小题10】inner peace and lasting happiness was kindness.
