Have you ever been tempted（引诱） to cut a corner or to take the easiest route, though you know it may not necessarily be the best one? Or have you ever made a_____ because it was quick and simple, knowing that it might come back to bite you later?

I appreciate a parable(寓言)Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard told about the______of taking the easy route .It is a story about a______duck. Though life was difficult ____ ,the beautiful creature ____ the blue sky and the endless stretches of wilderness. Flying over treetops and towns, the duck was a symbol of freedom to the tame ones, who could not______.

One evening during fall migration, he ____ to enter a farm where a farmer was feeding his ducks. The beautiful creature ate the______the farmer throw about and liked it so much that he stayed the night in a bed of ____ straw. He ate the duck’s corn again the next day. And the next. And the next…

When ____ came, he heard his old friends flying overhead and an almost forgotten longing deep ____ him awoke. The duck had reduced his instinct for freedom over the ____ winter. Now he longed to ____ his friends in the sky, but he had grown fat and unable to fly. The wild duck had become a tame duck. The easy way through our problems, though ____ ,may not be the best way. Always remember. The only place you will find success before ____ is in the dictionary! It’s always easier to borrow than to _____; easier to jump in now than to do the hard work of planning; easier to ____ than to do it right; easier to ____ the same than to make changes.

_____you want to fly, you may have to pay a price. But ____ is worth it----at any cost! Are you ready to fly?

Not long ago, someone asked the dad of a young pop star what his son would have done if he hadn’t become a singer. The father said he had______considered anything else. This was his Plan A. There had been no Plan B. I______this to my son Marty, who was studying musical theater at college, when he was thinking about a second ______in business or teaching.

“Just study what you’re interested in ,” I said.

“But what if I can’t ______   it?” he asked.

“It’ll still be worth it.” I answered.

My friends think I’m _______. They’ve advised their own children to ______ something they think will bring them financial rewards, _____ they don’t love it. “Times are hard: get your son into something that can ______ a good job.” A friend told me.

Of course I understand their ______, and want to protect my son. But why should he ____his “best years” studying things that hardly hold his ______? Is that really a wise use of his______?   I think fear leads nowhere, while enthusiasm can lead anywhere.

The wisest parents are the ones who ______ their children toward the things that already interest them. It’s ______that sometimes such parents will feel afraid. When Marty stepped into the extraordinarily ______ field of performance, I was worried about his future. Yet I have watched him grow. I have witnessed the ______he has made to run after his dream, and how much he has enjoyed the ______.

It may be that my son will ______ because of dreaming big. But I believe that seeking one’s own dream is one’s only real chance of happiness. I’d rather he______ than hung back.

As he ______ his choices, my best advice to him is: Risk everything. Plan B, C, D and E will always be there. Grasp Plan A.