About five years ago, I found myself working in a terrible middle school. The hours were long and the work was boring.________, the pay was low. Every day the job seemed a physical ________ for me. My neck would burn with pain from the constant bending. My feet would ache from ________ the entire day. The skin around my fingernails would split because of the work my hands were doing. I tried to keep my ________ up while I worked there, but day by day I felt myself wear down (疲惫). Every morning I would press sticking-plaster on my neck, place Band-Aid around my fingers and ________ my worn-out shoes. And every night I would ________ myself home and fall onto the couch.

One evening I felt like I could ________ it no more. As I drove home alone, I said to myself. “Why am I working myself here just to ________? Why couldn’t I find a better job than this? Why do I have to ________ this right now?”

I wasn’t really expecting a(n)________, but life always loves to surprise us. As I struggled up the steps to my front door, I found my wife and my son waiting for me with smiling faces. “Daddy, Daddy!” my son yelled. I smiled and picked him up with my ________ arms. Then after hugging and kissing him, I laughed for the first time in days and sat down ________. At that time, I found the answer which would give me the ________ I needed to go on.

Eventually I moved on to a better school, but I ________ forgot that answer, which had gently reminded me of the simple truth. We may have to work to live, but we live to ________. May you always fill your days with love and joy.

As I walked to the market, I saw an old and dirty man sitting in front of a shop. It was ________ that he was a beggar looking for help. I made a ________ that on my way back I would give him whatever ________ I had. A few feet away was a drunk-looking man ________ on the pavement and no one who passed by ________ , including me.

When I returned to see the ________ old man was still there, I felt a sense of ________ to offer some help. I took out all the change to hand it over to him. He hardly looked into my eyes but ________ his head as though saying that he did not need it. I ________ and pushed it into his hand.

As I was ________ of my great act of charity, the man walked up to the drunk man and asked him something.________ , I couldn’t hear what he said. I only noticed him walk to the tea shop and buy some food with the ________ money I gave. Then, he went back to the man, helped him to sit and eat the food. He ________ I was still there, so he explained that man had not eaten for two days and had no ________ to sit up. And that was why he collapsed (昏倒) on the pavement.

Suddenly I felt so small and admired the ________ of the old man who had so little compared to me.

At age 5, I always sat with my Dad in his study every night. When he came home from the office, I'd watch as he ________ his personal items:his watch, wallet, and comb. They would always ________ the same spot on the table as if he could see imaginary lines drawn ________ for these things, not a centimeter more or less.

What brought ________ to me then was cleaning the comb for him. I would ________ the tap excitedly and brushed it as hard as I could. ________ I'd done a good job, I would proudly return the comb to Dad, who ________ me with a bright smile.

Two years later, Dad ________ his sales job and started his own business, but it was not doing well and started shaking our ________ life. He always came home very late and ________ the usual evening stay with me. Why didn't he just ________ his old job?Why take the ________ and place the whole family in trouble?Over the years I ________ to wait for him to come home.

Today, everything is better, yet the ________ silence between us remained until two days before. I was about to ________ after carrying his bag into his study when he asked“Hey, would you like to clean my comb?”After a long ________, I said yes. Later, with the comb clean, Dad ________ placed it on top of his wallet and smiled back as usual. I ________ that he has wrinkles as he smiles, yet his smile is still ________, the smile of a father who wants a good ________ for his family.