Five days a week I go out for a run—a short and slow run. The only way I can _________ to it is to keep it a habit. It’s a spiritual approach to making _________ a habit.

We’re meant to treat the _________ with respect, doing all we can within our power to keep it _________ and serviceable.

I have a wild heart history. I have _________ heart surgery twice in my life. After each procedure, I _________ up for cardiac rehab (心脏康复) where I worked with a nurse, a physical therapist (治疗专家) and got exercise three days a week, building back my _________ and my confidence.

The last time I wanted to _________ running, the nurse and therapist urged me on, for running is _________ for my body and my soul.

Their __________ was a reminder: keep it up. __________ jogging up and down hills, I’m not out to __________ any races. Recently, as I came up the __________ running with a friend, a neighbor cried out, “You look like the last two finishers of the marathon.”

“You must really __________ to run,” people will say to me. Love is a too __________ word. But I love to __________ a run. That feels good.

The only way I can do it is make it a habit. Sometimes I do it __________ in the morning. As the weather gets cold, I prefer going later in the day when I won’t __________. I can learn and __________ while running.

Good habits are, in turn, habit-forming. I find it __________ if I simply make it a rule, trying a spiritual approach to making running a habit.

When Mercado dreamed of becoming a professional model,she surfed the Internet for someone with a physical disability in the modeling world.That was eight years ago,when disabled models were_________.Thus,her search_________________empty.

“I didn’t think it was a_________.That’s not because I wasn’t worthy of it,but because I didn’t see_______else like me out there.” However,Mercado,who was diagnosed with spastic muscular dystrophy（肌肉萎缩症）as a teen,has helped_______that reality because of not giving up.Last year,Mercado signed with IMG Models,the powerhouse agency that_________top supermodels,

“There’s_________been a problem with the team not getting what they need to get from me.There’s never been a(n)_________- ‘she has a disability,this is not going to work because the photos won’t look nice.’ ” She says.“If I’m a___________,a clothing company wants to display their clothes__________me.That’s all it should be.”

Her small body has more than a dozen surgical________and she felt both nervous and ex-cited when she decided last year to__________them for a lingerie（内衣） company.“__________I’m very outspoken with what I believe in.I’m very much of a__________person still at heart.But I wanted to__________a new challenge.”She liked________people that everyone can feel attractive in their own skin,“You shouldn’t be ashamed of your own____________.

In the meantime,she’s focused on using her blog to encourage those who want to follow her example.She ________________her success to confidence,faith and never__________.“I turned my weakness into my strength.I’m a(n)__________________that you can do what you want,because …” she pauses,“Just because! That’s it.You just can!”