We always convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have a baby, then another. Then we are _______ that the kids aren’t old enough and we’ll be more _______ when they are. After that we’re frustrated that we have teenagers to _______ with. We will certainly be happy _______ they are out of that stage.

We always tell ourselves that our life will be _______ when our mate gets his or her act together, when we get a nice car, and are able to go _______ a nice vacation when we retire. The truth is, there’s no _______ time than right now. If not now, when? Our life will always be filled with _______. It’s best to admit this to ourselves and decide to be _______anyway.

One of my favorite ________ comes from Alfred Souza. He said, “For a long time it had ________ to me that life was about to begin-real life. But there was always some ________ in the way, something to be got through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be ________. Then life would begin. At last I ________ that these obstacles were my life.”

This ________ has helped me to see that there is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way. So ________ every moment that you have. And remember that time ________ for no one. ________ stop waiting until you finish school; until you go back to school; until you get married; until you have kids; until….

Happiness is a ________ , not a destination. So, work like you don’t need money,________ like you’ve never been hurt, and dance like no one’s watching.

Once I went with my brother to watch how the villagers caught fish in the local pond. Usually the locals catch fish in the _______ morning. It was exciting so we _______ at 4 o'clock. Not only did it sound like a(n) _______ to me, but it also turned out to teach me a _______lesson.

The fishermen had a big fishing net, one side of which was _______ along with the boundary of the pond and the other end was taken to the _______ boundary of the pond underwater. After a certain time they slowly started _______ the free end towards the fixed end. Most fish got _______ inside the net and the fish had already started feeling _______ wrong. Because of the lack of ________, they started panicking. Some started ________ to get out of the net. Though they knew getting out of the water was a big risk, they still ________ their best to jump with all their strength; ________ few fish got out of the net. I asked a fisherman about the fish that “escaped”. They told me it usually ________ that next time they would again get ________ after another 6 months. Hearing this, I realized one of the greatest life lessons. The fish that took the risk actually ________ their life time by 6 months! I ________ what would happen if they lived in big lakes. Maybe, they could live longer.

In life there are certain situations where we might feel we are ________ our living space. We take the biggest risk of our lives and jump out of the space, ________ we fall into another small one where we may end up failing. So we need to be wise enough to choose to live in much ________ spaces where we have more conditions to help survive or succeed.