I was cycling and noticed a person, about a quarter of a kilometer in front of me. I could tell he was cycling a little slower than me and ________ to try to catch up with him. I had about a kilometer to go on the road ________ turning off.

So I ________ cycling faster and faster and every ________ I was gaining on him just a little bit. After just a few minutes I was only about 100 yards ________ him, so I really picked up the pace and ________ myself. You would have ________ I was cycling in the last section of the London Olympic triathlon.

________ I caught up with him and passed by him. On the inside I felt so ________. I beat him, of course, but he didn't even know we were ________.

After I passed him, I ________ that I had been so focused on competing against him that I had ________ my turn. I had gone nearly six blocks past it and had to turn around and go all the way back.

Isn't that what happens in life when we ________ competing with co-workers, neighbors, and friends. trying to ________ that we are more successful or more important? We spend our time and ________ chasing after them and we miss out on our own ________ to our future.

The ________ of unhealthy competition is that it's a never-ending ________. And there will always be somebody ahead of you, someone with a ________ job, more money and more education, etc.

Therefore, just take what life gives you, your height, weight and personality. Stay focused and live a peaceful life. There's no ________ in life. Run your own race and wish others well!

One day I was sitting alone on a deserted park bench under an old willow (柳树) tree. I was _________because I felt the world was unfair to me.

All of a sudden, a young boy approached me, out of_________. He was obviously tired from playing and, as he stood before me, he tilted his_________towards me and said with great excitement, “Look at what I found!” In his hand was a flower with its petals (花瓣) all worn out _________from not enough rain, or too little light._________ him to take his dead flower and go away. I_________a smile and then turned my back to him._________leaving, he said, “It surely_________nice and it’s beautiful, too. Here, it’s for you. ”

The flower before me was drying, it had no bright_________, but I knew I must take it, or he might never__________.So I reached for the flower, and replied, “That’s__________what I need.” But instead of him placing the flower in my hand, he just held it out__________for me to take it. It was then that I__________for the very first time, that this happy boy could not see: he was__________.

I heard my__________trembling and tears rolled down my cheeks. I thanked him for picking the best flowers for me. You’re welcome," he smiled, and then ran off to play. He was __________of the impact he’d had on my day.

I sat there and wondered how he__________to see a self-pitying woman under an old willow tree. Perhaps from his__________, he’d been blessed with true sight.

Through the eyes of a blind child, at last I __________that the problem was not with the world; the problem was me__________ I myself had been blind for all of those years. I vowed (发誓) to see beauty, and appreciate every second that’s mine.

When I was a junior high school student in 1980 , God gave me a gift. It was happiness. One weekend, I went to visit my grandparents in the countryside .On my way home a car ran over me and cut off my______because of its high speed.

Several days later when I woke up at the hospital, I realized I had to spend the rest of my life without arms. How sad I felt at that time! Even I was full of fears.______slowly I knew I had to face the fact and got over it. I couldn’t get my arms back even though I______every day.

However, it’s easier said than done. It took me nearly half a year to get out of the sadness_______. I got so much from my past story. From then on, I could treat my life with a______mind. But in our daily life, I often see my classmates______about little things: they get a bad grade on a test; their bus comes late;they don’t have a mobile phone but others have, and so on. But I only______life. I was lucky to realize from an accident: It is a waste of our life to focus on what you have______.We should always think of what we have .So why are so many people unhappy? Someone may say, “My whole life would improve______I have a new car.” But when you get the car, what happens? For a whole week you are walking on air. Then you go right back to being unhappy.

Happiness depends on what we have! It’s in our heart. It’s a state of mind. Even though you own the whole world, you may still feel______. Happiness comes from mastering the art of appreciating and taking pleasure in what you really have.