Jim and his brother lived on the 80^th level. When coming home one day, to their ____, the lifts were not working and they had to ____the stairs.

After reaching the 20^th level, breathless and tired, they decided to ____ their bags and come back for them the next day. They climbed ____. When they got to the 40^th level, Jim’s brother started to ____. However, they ____ to climb the flights of steps, arguing all the way to the 60^th floor.

They then ____ that they only had 20 levels more to climb and decided to stop arguing and continue climbing ____. They reached their home at long last. Each stood calmly before the door and waited for the other to ____ the door. And they realized that the ____ were in their bags which were left on the 20^th floor.

This story is a reflection(反映) of our life. When ____, many of us are asked to do as our parents and teachers expect. We ____ get to do the things that we really like and love and are under too much pressure ____ by the age of 20, we get tired and decide to ____ this load(负担).

Once ____ the pressure, we work harder to realize our dreams. But by the time we reach 40 years old, we find it ____ to realize them and begin to feel unsatisfied and complain, and ____ them. Reaching 60, we realize that we have _____cause for complaint any more, and we begin to walk the final stage with ____.

So follow your dreams and ____ for them carefully, never complain and lose your key, and your dreams will come true one day.

When spring cleaning season arrived this year, I decided that it was time to get _______ of the accumulated stuff more than just a winter’s worth of dust and dirt. This stuff was lining my walls,_______ my shelves, and was even piling on my _______ and not bringing me one bit of _______. I couldn’t even remember how I got some of it, but I knew I wanted it _______.

It turned out to be an even _______ job than I thought. Twenty-year-old bills and receipts were_______ in the trash. File cases were cleaned of papers that were no longer _______. Broken bowls, dented pans, and damaged containers were finally _______. Unknown clothes were pulled out of the closet and bagged up to be given away to the local ________. Old books were to be passed on for others to read and ________. It took several days to get it all done, but in the end I was able to walk ________ a home that seemed a little tidier. My heart was a lot ________ too. It felt so good to be able to handle all the junk and to ________ focus on the ________ stuff in life again.

What is the essential stuff? What is the stuff that brings ________ to our days? A loving heart is essential. A ________ spirit is essential. A soul full of goodness and a life full of ________ is essential. The essential stuff can’t be ________, sold, or stored. It can only be chosen, created, and given away. The essential stuff is the stuff we all really want. It is the stuff we all really ________.

Where do you go when you want to learn something? School? A friend? A tutor? These are all _________ places of learning. But it may well be that the learning you really want _________ somewhere else instead. I had the chance of seeing this first hand on a _________.

My daughter plays on a recreational soccer team. They did very well this season and so _________ a tournament, which normally was only for more skilled club teams. This led to some _________ experiences on Saturday as they played against teams _________ trained. Through the first two games, her team did not get one serious shot on goal. As a parent, I _________ seeing my daughter playing her best, but still defeated.

It seemed that something clicked with the _________ between Saturday and Sunday. When they _________ for their Sunday game, they were completely different. They had begun to integrate the kinds of play and teamwork they had __________ the day before into their __________. They played aggressively and even scored a goal.

It __________ me that playing against the other team was a great __________ moment for all the girls on the team. I think it is a general principle. __________ is the best teacher. The lessons they learned may not be __________ what they would have gotten in school, but are certainly more personal and meaningful, because they had to work them out on their own.