We adopted Luke four years ago. The people from the orphanage dropped him off at our hotel room without even saying ______. He was nearly six years old, only 28 pounds and his face was crisscrossed(交叉着)with scars.______, he was terrified. Luke kicked and ______. His cries were animal-like. I wound my arms around him ______ he could not hit or kick. After an hour and a half, he finally fell asleep, exhausted. I called ______. They delivered every noodle dish on the menu. After Luke woke up, I handed him chopsticks and pointed at the food. He stopped crying and started to eat.

That night we went for a walk.______ at the moon, he pantomimed(打手势), “What is it?” I said, “The moon, it’s the moon.” He ______ and tried to touch it. He cried again when I tried to give him a bath ______ I started to play with the water. By the end of his bath the room was soaked, and he was ______. Then we read the book One Yellow Lion. He loved looking at the ______ pictures and ______ the pages. By the end of the ______ he was saying “one yellow lion”

The next day we ______ orphanage officials to do ______. Luke looked at them and wrapped my arms ______ around his waist.

It has been four years. Luke is a smart, funny, happy fourth-grader. He is ______ with charm and is a natural athlete. His teachers say he is ______ behaved and works very hard. Our neighbor says she has never seen a happier kid.

When I think back, I am ______ at what transformed this ill-tempered, terrified little creature. It was not medications. It did not cost money. It was love: just simple, plain, easy to ______. It is comprised of compassion, care, security, and a leap of faith. I believe in the power of love to ______. I believe in the power of love to heal.

One day, my father and I were watching a dance reality show. For some reasons, I disliked one of the dancers from the very beginning of the show.

Unknowingly, I kept finding his _________ and criticizing (批评) his dance moves. _________, my father was watching the _________ with a smile all the time. When the performance ended, he looked at me and asked softly, “How much do you _________ about the dance competition, Martha?”

“No, Dad, not at all,” I said.

“Then how do you know that he is a _________ dancer?” he asked still with a smile.

“Just _________ the other dancers! He is not as good as them,” I said.

“But he is among the final 10 competitors who were carefully _________. How can he be bad? Maybe his dance is of no _________ to you, but that doesn’t mean you can _________ or even criticize his creativity.’’

“Why not?” I asked carelessly.

“Because criticizing someone or something __________ nothing but negativity around you. Instead of criticizing something you don’t like, you should spend your time __________ something you like, which will spread __________ thoughts,” my father said.

So choose __________! Never criticize anyone or anything unless you have a good __________ of it. This is the most __________ advice my father has ever given me.

This morning, my daughter, Helen, and I arrived at a town in Xi’an, China. We came to _________ my husband, James, who had landed a job. We had spent the past four years living in Hong Kong, China, after I _________ my job as a journalist in Sydney. When we saw James, he had never appeared so _________. He happily kept sharing interesting things with us.

The next day, James was busy with his work. So Helen and I _________ the new town on our own. We were _________ about everything on the street. Crowds of people had a strong _________ to know about us, too. A girl asked Helen, “Where are you from?” Helen began to _________ with her, and soon they seemed to be friends. With curly hair and blue eyes, Helen stood out in the _________ and was very popular. People paid too much attention to us, but they meant _________.

Walking around, I was __________ by the town. It was a typical Chinese town filled with traditional buildings and red lanterns lining the streets. With such a beautiful area right by our doorstep, I started to feel __________ about the future.

After Helen __________ an international school in Xi’an city, I had a chance to communicate with some parents of different colors during the school run. Before long we became familiar and close, and I made a few__________ from all over the world. Regardless of (不管) __________, we all shared the basic desire to be loved. After several years, our family __________ to Sydney, but I couldn’t get China off my mind.