One day, a boy had a fight with one of his classmates. Then he went to his grandfather and told him his story _________. “He is really bad,” the boy said, “and I hate him.”

As the boy _________ carefully, the grandfather went on. “There are always two tigers inside my heart. One is _________ and kind. He gets on well with everything around him. But the other is bad and unfriendly. He is full of _________. Even the smallest thing can make him angry. He fights with everyone all the time, and for no _________. He can’t think carefully _________ he always hates others. It is _________ to live with these two tigers inside my heart. They both try to control (控制) me.”

The boy looked into his grandfather’s eyes and asked, “Which tiger always controls you, grandfather?”

The old man said slowly in a serious voice, “The one that I feed. I always feed the good and kind tiger, so I never hate others and __________ get angry now.”

How often do you let other people’s rude actions change your mood(情绪)? Do you let a bad driver or an impolite waiter make your day in a mess? However, in order not to be influenced by them it is _________ of you to come back to smiling to them quickly. Sixteen years ago, I learned this from an _________ with a taxi driver in New York.

We were driving fast in the right place when suddenly, a black car jumped out of a parking space right to front of us. My taxi driver stopped the car as hard as possible. _________ at the last moment our car stopped just one inch from the back of the other car.

I couldn’t _________ what happened next. The driver of the car turned his head around and started _________ bad words. But then here’s what really surprised me. My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. I said, “Why did you just do that? This guy nearly _________ us!” He told me what I now remember “The Law of the Garbage(垃圾) Truck.”

He said, “Like garbage trucks, many people run around full of garbage, like anger, regret, pride and so on. As their garbage _________ more and more, they look for a place to throw them away. _________ you happen to meet people with garbage, they may throw them at you. So when someone wants to throw their bad feelings at you, don’t feel hurt. Just smile, wave, and move on. You will be happier .”

I started thinking: how often do I let Garbage Trucks run right _________ me? And how often do I take their garbage and __________ it to other people? Then I knew clearly what I should do.

I began to see Garbage Trucks. I can see the bad mood people are carrying. And I see them passing it to me. And like my taxi driver, I don’t feel hurt. I just smile, wave, and move on.

There is a woman who loves her hair very much. Every morning she _______, she always puts on her clothes and looks in the mirror (镜子). This morning she notices (注意到) that she has only three hairs on her head.

“Well,” she says, “I think I will braid (编) my hair.” She _______ that, and she has a happy day.

The _______ day she gets up, looks in the mirror and sees that she has only two hairs on _______ head.

“Hmm,” she says, “I think I’ll part (分开) my hair down the middle today.”

_______ the morning of the third day, she looks in the mirror and finds that she has only one hair on her head.

“Well,” she says, “Today I _______ like to make my hair in a ponytail (马尾辫).” So she does, and she has a _______ day again.

When the fourth day _______, she looks in the mirror in the morning and notices that there is no _______ on her head.

“Yay!” she says. “I don’t have to fix my hair today!”

Attitude (态度) is important and it is everything. This woman knows __________ to live a successful life. Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass. It’s about learning to dance in the rain.