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    I bought a jasmine plant for my office. When I bought it, I was told it would bloom and the sweet smell would 1my office. I had the plant for two 2, and every day I looked at it, but there weren't any 3 or pleasant smell. I was not happy,4 I gave the plant to my friend Linda.

    One day, 5 friend Mary called and invited me to her office. When I6, her jasmine flowers surprised me. I reached 7to touch the flowers. Mary cut some and gave them to me. I couldn't help 8 them. Surrounded by the sweet smell of only a handful of these flowers, I suddenly understood9  Mary bought her plant the same time I did. It took a year for her jasmine to bloom. I was so impatient for mine to bloom; regretfully, I 10 my jasmine.       

    In a way my life is like the jasmine plant. I need to be 11 and let things happen.  Last Sunday Linda told me that she was going abroad the next week. Before she left, she 12 the plant to me. This time I am going to wait. I have learned that 13 we want something in our life, we have to be patient. I am 14 learning to have that patience to wait for 15 jasmine to bloom.