阅读下面短文,然后根据括号内所给汉语意思写出单词的正确形式(每空一词)。
When I was young and free, I____ (梦想)of changing the world. As I____ (成长)older and wiser, I discovered the world would not change,____ (因此)I shortened my sights and ____ (决定)to change only my country. But it, too, seemed____ (不可能).Later, I settled for ____ (改变)only my family , those closest to me, but also, they would have none of it. And now as I ____(躺)on my deathbed, I suddenly____ (意识): If I had only changed ____ (我)first, then by example I would have changed my family.____ (从)their inspiration and encouragement, I would then have been able to better my country and, who knows, I possibly have been changed the world.