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　　Have you ever tried to draw a straight line, only to find it turns out all wrong? Or, wanted to show 　　1　　 at a party but the song you'd practised so many times suddenly 　　2　　 more difficult?

　　I've had both these 　　3　　．As a Senior 3 student, I have to 　　4　　 many exams．Each time, I enter one, thinking “I 　　5　　 fail this time．”

　　But don't be surprised-it's not 　　6　　　we don't try, or don't do enough preparation, 　　7　　 don't take it seriously．On the contrary, it is because we put ourselves under too much 　　8　　．It is thinking：“I must…” that makes us taste the terrible flavor of 　　9　　．

　　We often 　　10　　 to our friends：“Don't be too hard 　　11　　 yourself!” But when we 　　12　　 our own goals, we may not listen to our own advice．

　　In doing so, we are making our path to success increasingly difficult．

　　So why not 　　13　　 this crazy pursuit(追求)to get the best? Just face the problem 　　14　　 before you with a calm mind, enjoy the hard work and you will succeed．

　　In my opinion, 　　15　　 a calm state of mind is a skill for life．For people who want to succeed,　　16　　 this is a very important lesson．

　　So 　　17　　　time when you're trying to draw a straight line or 　　18　　 a performance, tell yourself：“If I can just do it better than last time, it's a 　　19　　．”

　　Keep a calm state of mind, and you will be happy 　　20　　 you succeed or fail．

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　　“I’ve changed my mind．I wanted to have a telescope, but now I want my daddy back．” Lucien Lawrence’s letter to Father Christmas written after his schoolteacher father had been knifed to death outside his school gate, must have touched every heart．Lucien went on to say that without his father he couldn’t see the stars in the sky．When those whom we love depart from us, e cannot see the stars for a while．

　　But Lucien, the stars are still there, and one day, when you are older and your tears have gone, you will see them again．And, in a strange way, I expect that you will find your father is there too, in your mind and in your heart．I find that my parents, long dead now, still figure in many of my dreams and that I think of them perhaps more than I ever did when they were alive．I still live to please them and I’m still surprised by their reactions．I remember that when I became a professor, I was so proud, or rather so pleased with myself, that I couldn’t wait to cable my parents．The reply was a long time in coming, but when it did, all Mother said was “I hope this means that now you will have more time for the children!” I haven’t forgotten．The values of my parents still live on．

　　It makes me pause and think about how I will live on in the hearts and minds of my children and of those for whom I care．Would I have been as ready as Philip Lawrence have been to face the aggressors(挑衅者)，and to lay down my life for those in my care?How many people would want me back for Christmas?It’s a serious thought, one to give my pause．

　　I pray silently, something, in the dead of night, that ancient cry of a poet “Deliver my soul from the sword(剑)，and my darling from the power of the dog．” Yet I know that death comes to us all, and sometimes comes suddenly．We must therefore plan not to live forever, but live as if we will die tomorrow．We live on, I’m sure, in the lives of those we loved, and therefore we ought to have to care for what they will remember and what they will treasure．If more parents knew this in their hearts to be true, there might be fewer knives on our streets today．

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