Jerry was the kind of man who was always in a good mood and always had something positive to say.

One day I asked him, “You ________ be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?” Jerry replied, “Each morning I wake up and say to myself, ‘Jerry, you have two ________ today. You can choose to be in a good mood or you can choose to be in a bad mood. ‘I choose to be in a good mood. Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or to ________ it.”

Several years later, I heard that Jerry left the back door open one morning and was robbed. While trying to stop the thief, he was shot(射伤). I saw Jerry about six months after the accident. I asked him what had gone through his mind when he was taken to the hospital.

Jerry replied, “The first thing that came to my ________ was that I should have closed the back door. Then I ________ that I had two choices: I could choose to live, or I could choose to die. I chose to live.” Jerry continued, “The nurses ________ telling me I was going to be fine. But when they rushed me into the emergency room and the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses ________ me. In their eyes, I read, ‘He’s a dead man.’ I knew I needed to take action.”

“What did you do?” I asked.

“Well, a nurse asked ________ I was allergic(过敏的) to anything.” said Jerry, “Yes,” I replied. The doctors and nurses were waiting for my reply…I took a deep ________ and said, “Bullets(子弹)!” Over their laughter, I told them, “I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead.”

Jerry lived thanks to the ________ of his doctors, but also because of his positive attitude. I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live positively.

When I was turning thirty years old, a friend asked me to share my biggest ________ in life. It only took me a(n) ________ to say I most regretted not completing college. I explained that I was considered to be ________ in school, got great grades, and had big dreams. ________ finishing university, I felt like I was not only letting myself down, but also everyone who believed in me.

My friend said, “Why not now?” But with a son in primary school, a busy job, and lots of other responsibilities at home, I had a million ________. The one I thought was the strongest: If I went back, I would be thirty-two ________ I graduated. What I heard was something I would never ________: “You’re going to be thirty-two anyway (无论如何).”

Looking back, I feel it’s the ________ and wisest advice I have ever received.

I would turn thirty-two with a college degree (学位) or without one anyway. So I ________ to continue my study.

I graduated from university ________ and felt proud of myself. And I have reviewed this ________ many times. I believe it’s never too late for me to do anything except becoming a teenager.

Do I really want to ________ my first book in my forties? I’m going to be forty anyway.

Do I really want to run a half marathon (马拉松) in my fifties? I’m going to be fifty anyway.

Do I really want to travel around the ________ in my sixties? I’m going to be sixty anyway.

I hope you never hear me say, “I’m too old for that.” ________, I hope you hear me say, “I’m going to be seventy anyway.”

It’s never too ________ to start something new, to do all those things that you’ve been wishing to do.

It’s six o’clock in the afternoon. Little Tom comes back home with tears in his eyes. “ _________ is your trip?” His mother _________ . “It’s too difficult. I can’t get to the top(顶部) of the mountains.”   “You are _________ fourteen years old. You will have another chance (机会) next time,” his mother says. “But standing at the _________ of the mountain is my dream,” Tom says. His father comes over and asks, “Do you _________ the green trees on your way to the mountain?” “Sure, and there are a lot of colorful flowers by the side of the road,” Tom answers. “Do you hear the birds _________ ?”His father asks. “Yes, on the way to the mountain, there are many kinds of birds singing in the trees, _________ the sound is sweet(甜美), ” Tom says. “Do you feel the beauty of the nature?” his father asks. “Yes, the blue sky, the white clouds, the green trees and the colorful flowers make a nice picture,” Tom answers. “That’s enough,” his father says. “Please _________ , son. For often, what you expect(期待) is not the most _________ thing. You don’t get to the top of the mountain, but you get a lot on the __________ . The best scenery(风景) is on the way.”