In life, we often succeed and fail for reasons. Sometimes they are entirely out of our _______. We can work harder than anyone else and still not be _______. We can be incredibly nice and love someone deeply, but they may not love us _______.

The truth is that life is not _______. That is a tough _______ to swallow (吞咽) for many of us. In fact, some people _______ after being hit by even one unfair blow. But if we let life’s unfairness _______ us, we will never receive the beautiful blessings that life has _______ for us.

My first _______ marriage felt very unfair to me. No matter how hard I had tried, I couldn’t make the relationship ________. But I didn’t let it discourage me from wanting a happy marriage. And finally, I met my Mr. Right.

What I’ve learned over the years is that we can do all the things that ________ a good outcome (结果), but get quite the opposite. When we face life’s seeming unfairness, our ________ needs to jump in. When life doesn’t go ________ plans, we should keep trying, and doing the right thing. ________ that life is neither fair nor smooth. If we remain faithful, we can drive our unfair experiences away and use them as our ________.

People have been saying great things about my dad _____.They keep telling me that my dad is a ______ because of his job.

My dad is a surgeon and like many other doctors in China, he _____ to go to Wuhan to care for patients there. But the hospital _____ he works only kept him stayed to make sure that local patients are still able to receive regular treatment. So my dad just follows his ____ routine, analyzing patients’ diseases and ______chest operations.

With all kinds of compliments toward my dad, I become _____. My dad has been a doctor long before the ____ of COVID-19, why has no one else praised him as a hero before? Didn’t he ____ such compliments when this disease wasn’t around?

When we talk about heroes, what kind of _____ often jumps into our minds? War leaders who conquered everything that stood ______? Historic characters who ruled a strong kingdom? Or our dear movie stars: the Avengers? Well, they are indeed heroes, and they made marvelous achievements. However, are the______ of heroes just prepared for these so-called “supermen” and “superwomen”?

I don’t think so. Heroes ____ our real lives. They can be seen and they are mortal, just like you and me.

Now many streets of Chinese cities are almost ____; the schools are closed and the shops are shut. But in this world, some things remain ______ If there’s a fire, just call 119, and you know that the firefighters will be there ____ minutes. If you happen to go out on the road, you’ll come across police officers waving their flags to direct the traffic. _____, in hospitals, from doctors to nurses, cleaners to security guards, these people still ____ their jobs, doing the same services as they ever did. The reason why they are still dedicated(有奉献精神的) is not a ______ for compliments, but out of a willingness for their duty.

These people, who are or were dedicating themselves to the job, do not need to be ____ as heroes just for now because they are heroes all the time .

A month ago, I broke a nail (指甲). My other nails looked amazing, but now one was a mess. Clearly, there was no point in keeping the others, so I _______ to cut them all off.

“What are you doing, Mom?” my daughter _______. “ Your nails look great! Don't cut them !”

“But they're _______, ” I said, waving the broken one in her face.

“They're not ruined,” she said. “You _______ have nine nails left!”

I hesitated. My nails certainly weren't perfect anymore, and the _______ of “perfect” is “disaster”, right? I mean, this is how I think about most things: it's all or nothing. I seem to go from “good” to “complete disaster” in a matter of moments. I've been _______ why I act this way, but I don't know what causes this behavior. My brain only _______ “ perfect” or “disaster”.

However, we humans are never just good or bad - we are far more _______ .We have wins and we have losses and, occasionally, they are hard to _______ . Some people understand this by nature, while others don't. For most of us, learning not to do the thing we're used to requires effort and might cause discomfort. However, we should ________ ourselves that we sometimes make mistakes, and that this doesn't mean we are ________. We need to accept that things will sometimes go wrong.

Somehow, failure is part of life. We all fall ________ and we normally get straight back up. And so, with my daughter's words ________ in my ears, I decided to keep my nine nice nails. I feel ________ every time I look at my hands, but I'm determined to live with my choice. It's a perfect exercise in ________.