Having a positive attitude can mean the difference between living a life full of joy and happiness and living a life full of depression and misery. Your_______ determines what you will experience in life_______ what the actual circumstances are.

Reality can be a difficult concept to _______ . How is it that two people can have the _______ experience yet one person comes out of it loving life while the other comes out of it_______ life? There was a story of two brothers who were_______ in a home with a father who_______ all the time. It would be no _______ if both of the boys grew up to be alcoholics themselves with a hatred for life. One of the two brothers did just that. He_______ his father’s footsteps. However, the other brother grew up ________ the opposite. Having experienced that ________ , he made up his mind to be a________ and loving father because he didn’t want his kids to go through what he was forced to go through.

So what made the difference in the ________ of these two men’s lives? You see, it’s not what happens to you that ________ how your life will turn out; it’s what you do about it that counts much. The ________   for having a good attitude is that your decisions and actions will be different. On the contrary, if you had a________ attitude, you will probably experience a different outcome as a result of those________ .

It’s true that you can’t control outside circumstances and events, ________ don’t feel discouraged, for you have total control over what you decide to do with those circumstances. By________ feeding your mind with positive material, you will be more likely to________ the decision that will eventually bring you closer to your goals.

Occasionally, I long to be lost in a ''memory meal, '' biting into one of the nostalgic foods I enjoyed as a child. As a vegetarian, some tasty food like fried bacon is no longer my _______, but old memories die hard. One day, after a meal of locally grown organic food, I found myself _______ something fatty, crisp — bacon.

Back then, bacon came _______ into our household. When it did, it was an event. I would stand excitedly in the kitchen, watching mum complete the _______ work with a strong woody scent. When it was ready, I always slowly took every _______ of the little fatty curls and wanted more. It would be months before the next bacon _______ entered our household.

I had not tasted bacon in years, but the moment I _______ my desire for it, my husband began _______ the grocery stores for the best ''fake bacon'' that could bring us back to the carefree eating of our childhoods. How could he cook that soy(豆制品)so that it would _______ the tatstes of our younger years? __________, Ron did the next morning.

After Ron __________ the bacon to me as if he were handing me a golden crown, I closed my eyes and took a big bite. The soy actually smelled and tasted like __________. I thought of my late parents. My mother was never a morning person, but she __________ to the cooking occasion when bacon was on the menu. My father would delay half an hour to work and share this __________ luxury with us. Suddenly I realized it didn't matter whether I was eating pork or soy: the __________ themselves were just delicious.

One afternoon，I was walking with Evan on the second floor. I talked on and on and Evan walked_______in front of me. As we turned a corner，Evan_______me and said the ten words. “Why are you talking to me?”I'm not your friend. " Those were the_______words he said to me that day. I stood there_______. He kept walking and never looked back. I_______to my next class with tears coming up in my eyes.

We rarely spoke to each other after that. I_______into a shell，like a turtle，to hide from the world. For the rest of my time in middle school，I didn't_______myself to get close to anyone. I pushed away most of my friends_______being hurt again. I avoided unnecessary_______.

It wasn't until high school that I was able to________my head out of my shell and begin________people again. But even today，I am still________in choosing who I open up to. It takes me a very long time to warm to________.

I was twelve then. I was too trusting（轻信的）and I took what Evan said seriously. Maybe he was having a bad day________maybe I was talking too much. In my view，what he said to me that day________the course of my life. But if it weren't for that________，I wouldn't have met my best friends in high school.

I understand that，in middle school，we were all young. I’ve been able to________all the people who bullied（欺侮）me，but for some________I can't seem to forgive Evan. Those________that day hurt me more than anything. I believe that one day I'll be________enough to forgive Evan too. But right now I'm still that twelve-year-old boy running down the hall with eyes filled with tears.