It was a warm, sunny Saturday afternoon some fifteen or sixteen years ago. I took my two kids to the local playground. As soon as we got there my daughter headed for the swings(秋千)and asked for a ____. I noticed another little girl ____ to get her own swing going high as I was ____ my daughter to go higher and higher.

I walked over to the little girl and asked ____ she needed help. She smiled and said YES and I soon had her feet flying towards the ____ while she laughed happily. For the next two hours I found myself pushing swings and playing games with my daughter and the little girl. By the time we headed home, I was ____ tired, but my spirits were flying ____ than those swings.

Three years later I was ____ again after a day’s work. Still, I needed to ____ my kids from their school before heading home. I stood in the ____ waiting area waiting for my children. Suddenly, I felt two ____ arms wrapped around my legs. I looked down and there was the little girl I met 3 years before on the ____ smiling up at me. She gave me a big hug before running away to ____ the school bus. As I watched her ____, I didn’t feel tired any more and my spirits were once again ____ with that swing.

The love we ____ with others will find its way back to us. It will travel from heart to heart. It may take seconds or it may take ____. The law of love, ____ is never broken. We will get back what we give. We will harvest what we ____ . The kindness we give and the joy we create will always come back to ____ us.

“Absolutely no!” I thought while looking up at a mountain pass to the cliff (悬崖). I climbed halfway and looked over. It was extremely steep (陡峭的), which would _________ broken bones… or worse. I could feel my _________ increasing, hands getting sweaty and breath getting shallower.

“No, I’m not taking my kids over this! How did I end up here?” I _________ curiously.

I have _________. You might not guess it but it’s _________. Nature is full of things that _________ me: bears, snakes, lightning storms, etc.

One thing I’ve learned over the years is that fear is so powerful that it prepares our bodies to react anytime. I’ve also found that we _________ to fear what we don’t know. However, it’s during times like this that I’ve _________ the importance of showing myself that there’s nothing to be afraid of.

I looked over the pass with _________ knees, and then back at my children. I took a deep __________ and smiled at my kids, “I’m going first and then help you.” The __________ took about five minutes for me to complete and then my kids __________. “That was fun!” they yelled, and surprisingly I had to agree.

Despite my fears, __________ our beautiful world with my kids is very important. Why? There are so many __________! One is teaching my children that it’s OK to feel scared sometimes, but not to let fear __________ their steps from getting outside and trying new things.

I got my first real job at age 12 as a waitress. And when I went on to college, it paid for tuition and housing and eventually, a _______. From the moment I picked it up, I was _______. All I wanted to do was take pictures. The week I finished college, I was _______ by a daily newspaper, and the two-year experience that followed was like a _______ class in photojournalism. This was perfect _______ for my future career at National Geographic.

On many assignments, the most _______ part turned out to be the transportation. Over the years, I traveled by horse, car, train, truck, and all sorts of old _______.I traveled by fishing boat in the Sea of Galilee, by sailboat in Sydney. I _______ in helicopters chasing bears in the Arctic. _______, taking beautiful pictures was always my ________

However, later in my career, I also wanted my pictures to ________ a real difference in people's lives. That is why I ________ portraits of people whose lives are better because of those who care about them. The photos are used in a variety of ________ products. The other issue that stole my heart was the ________, I have traveled all over the United States to photograph the last one percent of wilderness ________ here.

I am deeply ________ for my life in photography and the ________ lessonsit has taught me. I have learned that women really do ________ up half the sky; that judging others does great ________, but listening to them enriches; and that it is impossible to hate a group of people once you get to know one of them as a(n) ________.