It was a day in late winter. The Spring Festival had just passed. The lights and decorations had been _________ up and put in the closet. Surely I didn’t like the long, cold winter, so I was feeling a little _________.

I was surprised when I _________ out of my window and saw that a spring-like day had suddenly arrived. I could hear some children outside playing in the warm air. I smiled and_________ to be out as well.

As I was about to head towards the door, however, I decided to do something a little different. I _________ down and pulled my shoes and_________ off. I hadn’t been barefoot outside since the summer. I_________ stepped out on the cool grass. I laughed as I walked along. I remembered something I once read too, “Walk _________ you were kissing the earth with your feet.” And with each step, I did so. I felt at one with_________ and thankful for the gift of this day and no longer__________the coming of the winter. I thought I had gathered enough__________to welcome it.

All of us are walking through this life.__________, are you going to trip and walk with heavy steps and __________ with each step you take? Or are you going to __________ the earth with your feet and your heart? The __________ is yours.

With age, and the experience of achieving great success, it has become clear that physical wealth, power, fame and possessions（财产）do not add anything significant to the actually happy life. I find having ________ is nice and allows me to do many ________ things like travelling a lot.

I always buy many things, but I find things that make a life worth living cannot be ________. They can only be found in the ________ I have. They can be what I give to others, what I accept, and the way I ________ to view the world. It's many small steps that ________ the journey that determines the true importance of the destination, not the ________ itself.

In my opinion, if the destination is great wealth, I think we will feel happier after ________ that wealth if we struggle hard, and ________ our small successes along the way. As for those lottery（彩票）winners, there is no journey, no sense of success, and no memories that make up the path to their wealth. The money just becomes a condition of their life, not something that ________ them the sense of personal achievement.

I enjoy the wonderful ________ of giving to others. ________ and kind acts will fill my life with the kind of treasures（珍宝）that I could never buy—they can only be attained through giving help to others. In fact, when you give, you'll often ________ that even more is given back to you. So please do remember to be ________ on the way to wealth, and always keep up the kindness, and you will ________ a happy life you want.

A house with family love and memories could be called a home. Sitting on the porch(门廊) of a(n)_______ home, you can see shadows of trees _______ on the lawn. A leaf floats to the ground, suggesting the coming of fall. This wide porch was built as the main part of the home. The rest of the house _______ around it on both sides, like huge arms _______ a hug.

Countless stories have been shared on this porch by every member of the family for over 30 years. The family that grew here enjoyed daily _______- singing in the car, laughter at mealtime and football games on Sundays. When the father hit 55, his wife _______ he quit playing Sunday afternoon football with the kids. The mother never played, as she was stricken with a terrible illness after the birth of their second child. Never able to walk again, sometimes, she even had to _______ by dragging herself across the floor. She never complained about the challenges of her _______, nor did her husband complain about the _______ care he had to give his wife after she became ill.

There’s something ________ upon entering the house. It’s the smell of the piles of old books and magazines, the sheet music on the piano. Pictures of the family are still all hung in every room.

The homeowners are no longer there - they both recently ________ away. And yet, they both still ________ throughout the house. Their lives are still evident, ________ into the laughter and hearts of family and friends. They weren’t celebrities and won’t be remembered in history books. Yet they ________ of their own, by creating simple beauty in everyday life and by ________ challenges without complaining. That is truly the best remembrance(回忆) of all.