Show up for life Are you engaged in making life better for yourself and others？Do you keep a positive _________？Do you work toward your goals or do you just hope for the best？

The way you _________ yourself says a lot about what's happening in your world. If you walk into a room，_________about what's happening，willing to engage，and perceive yourself in a positive light，you _________ your life to opportunities. When you walk into a room with your eyes _________，nervously smiling，you show lack of confidence，a contrary attitude，and want to _________ someone.

If you realize that you're not _________ showing up，you have the necessary inspiration to _________ the right choices. The choices will help you _________ for this journey known as life.

There are many things you can do to __________ the life you desire. When you show up for life，you'll find purposes in doing what you want to __________ in life. You'll find places and opportunities that can give you the _______ you have dreamed of. You'll experience the passion（激情）for living that you __________ dreamed. When you are __________ engaged in showing up，you'll find whatever it was that you needed. You'll be full of __________ and become passionate about what is expected of you each day.

There is nothing __________ than the feeling of showing up for your own life. When you do this, you become one who is more confident and who has the ability to make things __________ in your own life. You' ll walk through the world with the __________ that you have and a great __________ to share it. With the knowledge, you' ll also correct your wrong ways and move forward instead of __________ back with your talents to succeed. Show up for life. We' re all expecting the best from you.

   Society tells us that we should count our blessings, focus on all that we have and feel grateful for what we’ve been given. But there is nothing wrong with “healthy discontent”. In fact, healthy discontent is what motivates us to improve ourselves and our circumstances. Without this feeling, life’s easier to stand still.

I always have a certain level of discomfort. That discomfort drives me to work hard at my job. I don’t just want to remain where I am. Professionally, I want to keep getting better. Likewise, I always have a certain amount of discontent with my home. That drives me to always try to improve it by making it look better.

My feelings of discontent with my job and my home don’t mean that I don’t appreciate them. It’s an incredible blessing to be able to work and be paid for one’s efforts. Similarly, if you live in a safe place, with running water, heating, and air conditioning, you are incredibly fortunate. These are not the things to be taken for granted. However, we should be striving (力争) to improve.

If you happen to be good at playing the piano, you should work to continually improve your skills. The same holds true for our personal development. If you have areas in your personality that need improvement, you should work on them, too.

For instance, I can be very impatient. As a result, I work hard to try to conquer that flaw (缺点) by keeping my impatience to myself. When we feel discontent with ourselves, we have to be honest with ourselves.

It’s easy to make excuses for our bad behavior, but we need to face our discontent and say to ourselves, “I need to work on this.” This week, consider whether you have healthy discontent in your life. Have you become so settled in your life that you don’t see regular improvement?

Do you have a character flaw that you wish you didn’t have? Don’t ignore these things. Instead, take steps to address your areas of discontent and keep improving your life every day. No matter how great we think things are going, there’s always room for improvement.

   I grew up in a small town. There was a man named Joe, who was uneducated and couldn’t talk _______. He was good-natured but not very smart, _______ everyone teased him.

One day when I was sitting on the porch, he came walking by. I was about 12 and thought it would make me _______ grown-up to play jokes on him as some _______ did.

He asked what I was doing. I told him that my father had _______ his job and that we were short of money. I could see my friends nearby _______ so I went on with the _______. From his _______ expression, I was convinced that I had fooled him ________

I knew he lived a ________ life with low income, so it was ________ when he asked whether we needed anything. I told him that we didn’t know if we would have enough to ________, and he replied, “You poon thing.”

That night I heard the door ________ softly. I thought it was the wind whipping against the door, so I ________ it. The next morning I found a small box of food outside my house. I knew it was from Joe. I looked into the box of canned food with ________ in my eyes. I felt ashamed of taking advantage of his ________ for me. Later I ________ the whole story to my father and said I wanted to return the box. My father scolded me and ________ that I keep the box; otherwise it would hurt Joe’s feelings.

Although the food was not ________, I knew Joe gave the best he had. I did not ________ the gift.

   Mistakes are a part of life. To err is human. Failure is also a part of life, not the end of life. Be happy facing life’s challenges. When you make the effort to be happy and to improve your life, you are actually rewarded along the way.

Life is like a game and maybe you can award (奖励) points for every effort that has been a success for you. Try it. Add ten points for every achievement. And when you have reached 50 points, just yell, “ Hey, I’ve won!” and give yourself a reward. If you happen to have missed your points for whatever reason, tell yourself, “Well, I tried!” which is better than not trying at all. Don’t let it be said you didn’t try.

What is it that you want to make yourself happy? Actually happiness means different things to different people. For example, an athlete will be happy winning his first race. For a new mother happiness would be seeing her baby’s first steps. Happiness for a poor person would mean having a meal just for today. So happiness for you is really something simple that you want for yourself.

It really doesn’t have to be big. As a matter of fact you should always have realistic expectations. Make the best out of every given situation. If you expect a certain result from a situation and it does not happen, don’t get despondent. This just means trying harder next time. We all have in us the power to succeed. Don’t let “ give up ” be a part of your vocabulary.

Today, our class watched a video which used to be in memory of Stephen Hawking. The video recorded what he had said. After watch it, we were asked to share one of our favorite word with others. What impressed me most is “Without imperfection, you or I will not exist.” In the reality, some people always are far from satisfaction with their daily life, such as looks, figures and income, but hope to have a perfect life. Therefore, it’s imperfection which makes us unique. So we should be aware for our disadvantages, accept them and take it easy, making our life more hopefully.