As a general rule, all forms of activity lead to boredom when they are performed on a routine basis. As a matter of fact, we can see this principle at work in people of all _________. For example, on Christmas morning, children are excited about _________ with their new toys. But their _________ soon wears off and by January those same toys can be found put away in the basement. The world is full of _________ stamp albums and unfinished models, each standing as a monument to someone’s _________ interest. When parents bring home a pet, their child _________ bathes it and brushes its fur. Within a short time, however, the _________ of caring for the animal is handed over to the parents. Adolescents enter high school with great excitement but are soon looking forward to _________. The same is true of the young adults going to college. And then, how many _________, who now complain about the long drives to work, __________ drove for hours at a time when they first __________ their driver’s license (执照)? Before people retire, they usually __________ to do a lot of great things, which they never had time to do while working. But __________ after retirement, the golfing, the fishing, the reading and all of the other pastimes become as boring as the jobs they __________. And, like the child in January, they go searching for new __________.

What is it that you love to do but never feel that you get it quite right? Perhaps you don’t even try any more because you think what you do is not ______ enough.

Discouragement seems to follow us a good pan of the time, ______ however hard we work, it seems that there is ______ someone else who can do it much better.

I have always enjoyed music and it is ______ to me that every musician has a ______ own. My father ______ several instruments and when he played with other people, it was not difficult to ______ his sound in a group. Whether it was guitar or another instrument, he had his own ______ sound.

I ______ heard of a music teacher who commented to a discouraged student. “______ else can make the sound that you make.” The sound that you make may not be the same as someone else’s, but who is to say which is ______. It is said that, “______ is in the eye of the beholder.” Perhaps it could be said that a delightful sound is in the ear of the ______.

Every person has a different tone of voice that ______ only to them, ______ we all know people with an unforgettable laugh or a way of ______ that is unique to them. It might not be the sound of your music or your voice at all. It ______ be the way you whistle or the sound of your footsteps.

Each person has a(an) ______ on the world in some way. Someone else can do what you do, but they can not do it ______ in the same way that you do it. The next time you feel ______, remember nobody else can make the sound that you make.

It was years ago, but I still remember it like it was yesterday.I was driving my daughter to the nearest airport.It was a 3-hour round trip, so after ________ her off at the airport, my son and I stopped at a McDonald’s to have lunch.We found a free boot h and I went up to ________ our food.Working at the cash register was an old lady.Each person that came up to give their order was given a huge ________ of hers in return with a few kind words.When it was my ________ to order, I smiled back and told her that she had the sweetest smile I’d ever seen.She ________, patted me on the hand and said, “No ________ charge, Sweetie!”

When we drove back to ________ my daughter a few days later, we stopped at the McDonald’s again.I ________ for the lady but she was nowhere to be seen.Maybe she wasn’t working that day, or maybe she had moved on to ________ others with her smile somewhere else.Remembering our ________ encounter always brings a smile to my face.

It is ________ how we work so hard to make money to buy things, but the things we ________ the most can’t be bought.They are ________ given and joyfully received.Love, smiles, and joy are all free of charge.They are the ________ we give each other.May we always ________ and delight in them.