Under a very fearful storm, floods began to submerge (淹没) a small village. A priest (神父) in the church ___ and watched the flood submerge his knees. A lifeguard driving a boat came to ___ the priest and said, “Father, come on as soon as possible!____ you will die in the flood!” The priest said, “No! I am ___ that God will save me. You can go to save others.”

But soon the ___ have come to the priest’s chest. At that time, a man was driving a speedboat to the priest. He said, “Father, come on, or you really will be submerged!” The priest said, “No, I would like to ___ my church. I ___ that God will save me. You’d better save others.”

And after a while, floods have submerged the ___ church. A helicopter flew over ___, the pilot dropped a rope ____ and shouted, “Father, ____. This is the last ____!” Father firmly said, “No, I would like to keep my church! God will save me.” Rolling in the flood, the priest finally ____.

Father went to the heaven and asked God the question, “Lord, I give my life to ____ you. Why do you ____ to help me?” God said, “Are you ____? The first time I sent a boat to save you, you refused it—I thought you were ____ about the risk boat; the second time I sent a speedboat to go, you refused it too; the last time I send a helicopter out, you were ____ to accept the results. Therefore, I thought you wanted to hurry back to my ____.”

In fact, too many obstacles in life mostly are caused by ____ and ignorance.

According to Greek legend, in ancient Athens a man noticed the great storyteller Aesop playing childish games with some little boys. He laughed and made fun of Aesop, asking him why he wasted his time in such ______ games.

Aesop responded by ______ a bow, loosening its string, and placing it on the ground. Then he said to the critical man, “Now, ______ the riddle (迷), if you can. Tell us what the unstrung bow means.”

The man looked at it for several minutes but had no idea about what ______ Aesop was trying to make. Aesop ______, “If you keep a bow always bent, it will break finally; but if you let it go loose, it will be more ______ for use when you want it.”

So it is with us. Our minds and bodies are like the ______. When often under the ______ of everyday life, we can finally break. We need to loosen up; we need time to take the pressure off and relax.

Former baseball pitcher (投球手) Dutch Leonard might have put it a little differently. He once said that the ______ of great pitching is not speed or the ability to throw curves (曲线球). It’s the “change of pace”. Even the ______ batter (击球手) will soon learn how to hit a pitcher who continually throws the same kind of pitch. But it’s ______ to hit a pitcher who changes the pace of pitching. That ______ of pace gives a pitcher an advantage over the other pitchers.

A change of pace also gives us a(n) ______ in life. Taking time to watch the clouds, enjoy a breeze, take a walk, read just slowdown is ______ if we are to be our best later. And a regular day of rest is as important as regular sleep. It’s a ______ of taking the pressure off.

To be your best, make sure you change your pace. It may just be the change you need.

Do you know how discipline can help you achieve your goals? Do you know that discipline is important to _______? What is the power of discipline? How to become disciplined?

You might think that many people are not self-disciplined, _______ I’m going to prove to you that people in general are disciplined, but _______, in non-beneficial ways. There are many people who smoke daily _______ the fact that it is harmful and _______ and it could kill them. Such people are disciplined at _______ cigarettes and smoking. There are people who are disciplined at drinking lots of alcohol daily. Such people are disciplined at consuming alcohol. Do you _______ where I am going with this?

One of my friends who has a _______ for running spends half an hour every single morning running. Whether it is snowing or raining, she has to run. This is the kind of _______ discipline that you are supposed to ________ and create in your life.

Do you know someone who bought a book, but didn’t finish ________ it for some reason? Do you know someone who decided to improve his ________ and start eating more vegetables and fruit, but after two weeks, he ________?

These are all examples of ________ of discipline. If you are not disciplined，then you will have a hard time to get your ________. As I mentioned in my book ＂The ultimate guide to achieving your goals＂ that you could know what you want, ________ and take action, but if you are not self-disciplined, you will ________ give up.

With discipline, you can start getting up early in the morning, exercise, and ________ yourself of the non-beneficial habits such as smoking and eating non-healthy food. With discipline, you can change negative habits to positive habits. With discipline, you can join the gym and start working on having a ________ body. Do you see what the ________ of discipline can do?

Always remember what Jim Rohn said, ＂One discipline always leads to another discipline.＂