I was in a PhD program in history when I came down with schizoaffective disorder (分裂情感性障碍). I was forced to ________ my education and began a ________ period of treatment. The biggest ________ I faced was what I was going to do with my life if I couldn’t be a ________ professor anymore, my long-cherished dream.

Fortunately, with the help of my doctor, I soon found a(n) ________: I would become a nonfiction writer in my field of seventeenth-century British history. I tried my best to make the plan a ________. But it all seemed to be for nothing.

For some time, I was ________. But I refused to ________. It occurred to me that I could write a ________, an art I had once practiced but also had long since ________. I found that writing poetry was a source of the deepest ________. Before long, I spent as much time as I could writing poetry. When I was writing, I hardly felt sick anymore. I ________ my illness. In the end, I found the writer inside myself, branching out into ________ fields with hope and anticipation.

Through the experience, I’ve learned no matter what happens, always look to the future with hope. It may take a while, but you can________ in creating a rich and satisfactory life again. All you ________ is perseverance, motivation, and hard work.

My past has caught up with me. It happened five years back when a new friend _______ my digital neighborhood. She knew me in my other _______ before my career in television. And did this young woman have a long _______.

“Hello, Mrs. Luginbill,” said the Facebook, which immediately caught my _______ since I'm Lucy to everyone nowadays. “That's _______ I remember you as a kid from Southgate Elementary,” Jennifer said, using the _______ greeting. “I think I was in first grade.”

Suddenly, as if it were yesterday, I saw the little group of girls gathering around me. I was the “Duty” on playground, the _______ who kept order with a whistle when I wasn't _______ in the classroom. It wasn't a _______ job, standing in the cold winter during break, but it ________ “pocket money” to help after our move from California. A warm coat had been a “must have” ________ when our finances were ________ And in those years, the east side of Washington state saw some of the ________ winters.

Jennifer, the little girl has grown up. She remembered the wild weather — and my coat, too. “It was furry, and the coat almost ________ a happy life we might long for. You were our chosen movie star.” Funny how ________ my viewpoint was back then. I saw little children wanting ________and hugs — and needing their exercise, too. Eventually, I would drive them away to ________. “It is like as a kid you want to stand in someone's light — especially if you ________them,” her Facebook message read.

It was a lesson that I have ________ close even now: What we do today — no matter what our role may be — can ________ brighten another's heart for a lifetime.

Irma started a business, but later because of lack money, he had to close it. After that he started to feel very _________.

This problem of Irma was later _________ by Professor Krishnan. One day he _________ Irma to his home and asked, "Are you still _________?" "Yes, all my efforts have been _________." Ima answered. Hearing this, the professor _________ him a dead tomato plant and said, "I take care of it carefully, _________ it still died. There is always something _________ that happens." "If success is only a matter of luck, what is the _________ of doing so much?" asked Irma. "You will understand after you open that door," said the professor. Irma opened it, and saw lots of __________ and healthy tomato plants there. "Oh! How did you do that?" asked Irma.

"Of course, not all my efforts have been wasted; so it is with yours. If you __________ doing the right things, then your __________ of success are greatly increased. But if you feel defeated because of failure, life won't give you any __________. "At last, Irma understood the lesson of success, __________ what to do and came out with renewed energy. Finally he had a very big business.

It is true that no matter what we try, we can't __________ the result, but it's also true that those, who never give up, achieve success in the end.