My son was born with breathing difficulties, so he had to stay in NICU, the hospital unit for newborns needing intensive care. There he could only be fed through a tube. I hated the tube. The lovely dreams I had of nursing my baby were entirely_______.

On the fifth day, I_______about the tube, saying that I wanted to feed him with a bottle. The doctors agreed to let me try. My son’s feedings would be closely recorded to see if he was able to get_______milk intake without the tube. After eighteen hours, it was determined he could not do that and the tube was back. This meant he wasn’t getting stronger. The_______felt so dark.

Seated outside the NICU, I started crying. Just then, a young nurse came and sat beside me. When I had_______ my sorrow a little, she handed me a tissue and asked if I wanted to talk. I asked again if we could remove the tube.

The nurse replied, “Not today. But remember, tomorrow is a new day.”

She seemed much younger than me, but her words were_______and hope-filled, and I held on to them. I remembered her advice and repeated it to myself multiple times a day. The nurse changed my perspective away from current_______to see the hope of tomorrow. Gradually, things started to _______. On day eight, my son drank half of his milk without the tube. On day ten, the doctors approved taking off the tube_______. “Tomorrow” came. It just came a few days later than expected. On day fifteen, we were released from the hospital, and my son “graduated” from the NICU.

What I learned from that nurse was to look beyond today and the suffering of it and to consider tomorrow with__________. After all, tomorrow is a new day.

I have learned a lot from being a taxi driver. I’ve been in the _______ for many years, and I know there is a lot about it that is not so _______. Taxi drivers have to be tough to _______ the New York traffic eight hours a day. Because taxi drivers are tough, people get the wrong _______ that they are bad. However, you can read in the _______ almost every week that taxi drivers _______ the things people left in their cabs.

Once I found a ring in my cab. I remembered helping a lady with a lot of luggage(行李) that day, so I went back where I had _______ her off. It took me almost two days to find her so as to _______ the ring. I didn’t get as much as “_______”. Still, I felt good because I had done what was right.

People ask me about the ________. As far as I know, ________ everyone will give you something. You know most Americans are pretty ________. I always try to be nice to everyone, whether they tip or not. I try to ________ others the way I want to be treated. I have been trying this for a long time, and the longer I try, the ________ it gets. Up till now, I still hold the view that ________ is one of the greatest qualities of people.

My aunt came to my home with her six-year-old daughter Alice this morning. While my aunt was talking with my mom, my cousin felt a bit _______. So I suggested I went out with her. My aunt happily _______. We went to the park together. There we bought two _______ and started flying them. She jumped up and down and I knew she was _______ having great fun. And I must admit I haven’t enjoyed myself like that for a long time.

Later, we sat down on a bench, looking at the gardens. As we were _______ there, Alice said, “What a great day today!” I smiled at her and agreed. I then started thinking about what we had done that day. We did something quite _______, yet we were very happy.

Many people wait for their “best days”. But I think today is our _______ day. That’s a lesson I learn today. As adults, we often make plans _______ in order to have a great day. Some people think they can have a nice day through spending a lot of _______. I think we should be more like ________. They don’t think about money or what will happen tomorrow. They ________ live in the moment and enjoy the moment!

We often hear the expression that we should live in the ________. How do we do that? We’re not doing such a ________job. Remember today is important as we are exchanging a day of our ________ for it. Yesterday is a history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a ________. That’s why it is called present. So seize the day!