It’s never too late to admit that you are in the wrong. Being humans, we all need to know the art of _________. Look back with _________ and think how often you’ve judged roughly, said unkind things, and pushed yourself ahead at the _________ of a friend. Then count the occasions when you indicated clearly and truly that you were _________. A bit frightening, isn’t it? It is frightening because some deep wisdom___________ us knows that when even a small wrong has been committed, some mysterious moral feeling is disturbed; and it stays out of _________ until fault is acknowledged and _________ expressed.

I remember a doctor friend, Clarence Lieb, telling me about a man who came to him with a variety of _________: headaches, insomnia and stomach trouble. No physical cause could be _________. Finally Dr. Lieb said to the man, “____________ you tell me what’s worrying you, I can’t help you.”

After some ____________, the man confessed that, as executor (执行人) of his father’s will, he had been ____________ his brother, who lived abroad, of his inheritance (继承权). Then and there the ____________ old doctor made the man ____________ to his brother asking for forgiveness and enclosing a cheque as the first step in restoring their good ____________. He then went with him to the mailbox in the corridor (走廊). As the letter disappeared, the man burst into ____________. “Thank you,” he said, “I think I’m ____________.” And he was.

A heartfelt apology can not only heal a damage relationship but also make it ____________. If you can think of someone who ____________ an apology from you, someone you have wronged, or judged too roughly, or just neglected, do something about ____________ right now.

I was a lovely child with a loving family.   I was not a(n) ____, but a leader in school.   But what made me special was not seen from the outside: I was ____about life.   My best trait(特点) was my personality.

At age twelve, my life had a breakdown.   It was then that I developed OCD(强迫症).   I was no longer the ____girl.   I finally told my mother I was suffering from depression.   I started taking medicine.  ____, the medicine did help.   But one thing didn’t ____: I still was overwhelmed with depression.   I still was ____sad and I started to believe that my life no longer ____.

Thinking my life no longer had ____, I decided suicide was the solution.   I wrote a note to all my friends and family, expressing I was ____for leaving them.   As I was folding the note, my eyes fell on a photograph.   It was a little girl wearing a carefree smile.

It took me a few minutes to ____who the girl in the photo was.   I ____couldn’t believe that smiling child was me! It seemed my younger self had sent me a ____.   Right then and there I knew I couldn’t ____myself.   Once I had been a strong girl, and I had to be like that again.   I swore I wouldn’t only ____my medicine.   I would fight the depression with my ____, too.

It’s been two years ____I recovered.   The real reason I’m ____is that I refused to let depression ____my life.   I learned a lifelong ____: Never give up.   Life is good.   Everyone has ____in life, but everyone can survive.   I am living proof of that.

Every time I take time off with my family, I tend to reflect on how technology has impacted our lives. When we go on a trip together, it usually takes a few days for my kids to finally ______ the fact that they have to let go of their electronic devices. They go through a withdrawal period(戒断期) where Mom is“the worst”for expecting them to go a few days without ______. I need to be ______ here. I am writing about my kids but the ______ is that I ______ withdrawals as well. I find myself having to use all my willpower just to ______ looking at emails.

It has become a(n) ______ that vacation time is quality family time and when we are together, there are no ______. When vacation mode sets in, it becomes easier to ______ the technology and enjoy the moment. My children start to share stories and we find ourselves having fun just spending quality time together. ______ , it always surprises me how quickly we ______ to our regular routine once the ______ is over. It becomes part of my ______ once I am back at work to have the phone beside me at all times.

Do you use technology as a tool to improve productivity? Or, has technology become a(n) ______ that contributes to devaluing “real life” connections with the people right in front of you?

So spend ______ time with your loved ones and become engaged in the moment.