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A Lesson for Living

　　Mom is my life teacher．“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said 　　1　　 I faced disappointment．“If you 　　2　　 one day something good will happen．And you'll 　　3　　 that it wouldn't have happened if not for that previous disappointment．”

　　Mother was 　　4　　, as I discovered after graduating from college, I had decided to try for a job 　　5　　 radio, then work my way up to 　　6　　．In Chicago, I knocked on the door of every station and got 　　7　　 every time．

　　In one studio, a kind lady told me that big stations couldn't risk hiring an 　　8　　 person, “Go out to find a small station,” she suggested．

　　I thumbed home to Dixon, Illinois．　　9　　, there were no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon, my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and 　　10　　 a local athlete to manage its sports department．Since Dixon was 　　11　　 I had played high school football, I applied．The job sounded 　　12　　 right for me．But I wasn't hired．

　　My 　　13　　 must have shown．“Everything happens for the best,” Mom reminded me．I tried WOC Radio in Davenport．The program director, named Peter Mac Arthur, told me they had already hired one．

　　As I left his office, my frustration boiled over．I asked aloud, “How 　　14　　 a fellow get to be a sports announcer if he can't get a job in a radio station?”

　　I was leaving when I heard Mac Arthur calling,“　　15　　 was that you said about sports? Do you know 　　16　　 about football?” Then he 　　17　　 me before a microphone and asked me to broadcast a(n)　　18　　 game．After that, Peter told me I would be broadcasting Saturday's game!

　　On my way home, 　　19　　 since, I always thought of my mother's words：“If you carry on, one day something good will happen．And you'll”…

　　I often wonder what 　　20　　 my life might have taken if I'd gotten the job at Montgomery Ward．

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