One day a small gap appeared in the cocoon (茧), through which the butterfly would come out. A boy, who _______ passed by, stopped and watched how the butterfly was trying to _________ of the cocoon. It _________ several hours. The butterfly was trying very hard, but the _________ was as little as before. It seemed that the power would _______ the butterfly soon.

The boy decided to _________ the butterfly. He took a penknife and cut the cocoon. The butterfly immediately came out, but it was very small and _________, and the wings were _________ moving.

The boy continued to _________ the butterfly, thinking that now its wings would __________ and it would fly. ________, that did not happen.

The rest of its life the butterfly had to drag its weak body and wings that wouldn’t unfold. It was unable to fly because the boy did not realize that a(an) __________ to force itself through the narrow gap of the cocoon was __________ for the butterfly, so that the life-giving fluid would move from the body to the butterfly’s wings and that the butterfly could fly. Life forced the butterfly to leave its shell so hard that it would gain the ________ to grow and develop.

Just like the butterfly, if we were allowed to live without meeting difficulties, we would not survive. Life gives us __________ to make us braver and stronger.

In Washington DC, at a Metro Station, on a cold January morning in 2007, a man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, approximately 2000 people went through the _________ , most of them on their way to _________ .

About four minutes later, the violinist received his first _________. A woman threw money in the hat and, without stopping, continued to walk. At six minutes, a young man leaned against the wall to _________ him, then looked at his watch and started to walk again. At ten minutes, a three-year old boy stopped, but his mother pulled him along _________ . The kid stopped to look at the violinist again, but the _________ pushed hard and the child continued to walk,_________ his head the whole time.

At forty-five minutes, the musician played continuously. Only six people stopped and listened for a short while. About twenty gave money but continued to walk at their normal _________. The man collected a total of $32.

After one hour, he finished playing and silence _________ . No one noticed and no one applauded. There was no __________ at all.

No one knew this, but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the greatest musicians in the world. He played one of the most __________ pieces ever written, with a violin worth $3.5 million dollars. Two days before, Joshua Bell sold out a __________ in Boston where the seats averaged $100 each to sit and listen to him play the same music.

In a common-place environment, at an __________ hour, do we feel beauty?

If so, do we stop to __________ it? If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world, playing some of the finest music ever written, with one of the most beautiful instruments ever made... How many other things are we missing as we __________ through life?

Have you just been fired? Don’t worry. Cheer yourself up and send your _______ . Perhaps another much better opportunity is awaiting you._______sometimes you don’t realize it, you are asking to be fired.

Dan Zawacki was a happy camper, selling computers for Honeywell. One holiday he was _______ creative gifts and then a good idea_______him-- selling dinner live lobsters(龙虾) to his favorite customers. He _______ them himself with butter and put them in the trunk of his car between the computers and started delivering. It was a huge_______. As a result, one of his customers _______ they go into the lobster business together. Dan laughed. Still, this landlocked computer salesman_______get the idea of lobsters out of his _______ . Why not turn this into a hobby and__________a few extra dollar? While on a job assignment in Chicago, he__________a local radio station to give him a few ads in__________for lobster. Unfortunately, his boss’s boss heard his prize salesman __________lobster, not computers. No surprised. Dan was let go. After__________the company’s car, he started to think maybe this was a __________ . Playing with his phone that night, Dan tried dialing 1-800-LIVE-LOB. The number was__________, and Dan the lobsterman was born. Today, 20years later, Dan is still selling dinners, through his company, Lobster Gram. And he couldn’t be __________ .

Many of the fired people found ways back to fulfilling __________ and learned the pain and humiliation(羞辱) are__________. So do not be afraid to move __________ and try your wings. Gather your support system. Persevere! Firing doesn’t mean your life is over. It might turn out to be the best thing that ever happened to you.