A man wanted to study medicine but couldn't make up his mind. He went to ask his friend, “Is it ___for me to study it now? I'll be forty - four after four years of college. " His friend said to him, “Why not? Four years later you will be forty - four whether or not you go to college. " He ____ about it for a night and got the idea. The next day he went to sign at the college.

One of my friends, Jim, did ___ with somebody else a few years ago. Their ship got_____in the storm at sea and their hope, together with their goods___ suddenly. Jim was so____by the blow that he became low - spirited and couldn't ___focus his attention on his work, while his ____who suffered the same catastrophe never_______. His day went on as colorfully as before. My friend asked him how he could _____it. He said, “ When you complain, and feel sad, life goes on as usual; when you are happy and ______yourself, the world runs as usual. Which do you _____?”

That's how a person leads his life. When you are____and in a good mood, your future seems sunny and bright. ____, when you are worried and have something sad in your mind, your future will turn ___ .The latter situation will ___ you a great deal if you allow it to last. You will lose the ___things.

There is a poem that says "Whether you are aware or not, whether you like or dislike, show _____ or ignore, flowers bloom (盛开)all the same. " Just as flowers keep blooming, fine days are _____ one after another. How to spend your days—joyfully or sorrowfully—will entirely depend on ______.

In my 20s, my left arm became ______ paralyzed (瘫痪的) in a traffic accident. Going from two fully functional arms to one meant I had to ______ everything I used to do with two hands. And as a person who’d sooner get lost than ask for directions, asking for ______ was difficult for me. I just wanted to swim; in the water I felt ______ because it removed gravity’s limitations. It was the only place I couldn’t feel the ______ of my arm.

After college, I met Coach Alan through the Challenged Athletes Foundation. He was the reason why I ______ to train for the Paralympics. I took part in my first Paralympic Games just two months after we met.

In swimming, a racing suit is called a tech suit, or a second skin. For tech suits, I aimed to go two or three sizes smaller than my ______ size. It had taken me 15 minutes to put a tech suit on that day, but after the swimming event, with only one hand, I couldn’t take it off. I was ______. I was prepared to reach for the knife in my bag and cut my way out of this expensive new ______. A girl sitting on the bench near me, her prosthetic legs beside her, saw me ______. “Come here!” she said, grabbing me with her knees to pull me closer. We both pulled the hopeless suit for a while. Then she called for ______. A visually-challenged swimmer rushed over and managed to free me with her in ______ a minute.

That locker room ______ became the new normal for me. And finally, I got to be on the helping end as well. Asking for help is quite normal for anyone who lives with a ______. “Can you pass me my leg?” “Could you tie my shoe laces?” Helping others and accepting help is a way of life in the Paralympics.

Learning to ask for what I needed was the win I hadn’t initially set my sights on, but ______ wanting the most.

In today's busy world, it's easy to get off the course of our life. Having a Life Map to _________helps us keep moving quickly and ________ towards our goals. It helps us quickly correct things when we are ________ a mess, and helps us find the right _________ to deal with unexpected problems.

But if we don't have the map, all the planning in the world won't _________. We’ll end up driving________ around, being distracted by many different paths. Even if you know _______ you want to go, you haven't tried and have no true method of getting there.

If you were going to drive to somewhere _________, firstly you would map it out. More likely, you often look at the _________ for directions to make sure that you were on the right track. You would be able to tell quickly if you needed to _________ adjustments, correct a mistake, or consider a(n) ________ of plans. Don't let your temporary, current desires take precedence(优先) over what you really want, because an important part of success is _________ what is and what isn't a distraction.

For example, as you are _________ for your party, you see a seller with some fresh flowers and you decide to stop and __________ some for your friends. In this __________, a stop along the way adds to your goal. _________, if you decide to stop and see a movie and arrive quite ________ at the party, then you have detracted from your goal.

It is exactly true for the Life Map. Each “opportunity” must be ________ according to how this will _______ your final goal---will this contribute to it ________ will this detract from it? Therefore, both the driving map and the Life Map serve the same high purpose: to keep you on the right track.