Recent studies show that only one out of three people have strong and healthy self-confidence．That 1 two out of every three people simply don’t know the 2 they already have to be successful when it’s 3 there in their hands! 4 if you want others to believe in you, you have to believe in yourself first．Remember：“No one can make you feel inferior(差的)unless you 5 them．” A successful businessman says, “You can’t push anyone up a ladder 6 he knows he can climb himself．”
Many of us have an image 7 , the image(形象)we have of ourselves． 8 one guy put it：“You can’t win a horse race if you think you look 9 on a horse．” To succeed, the first person you have to 10 is yourself! So stop believing your own lies about yourself．Just 11 your mind and you’ll change your life．
One of the most harmful weapons that can kill your success in life are the two little words：“ 12 ”．You know that people used to 13 that if human beings traveled faster than 30 miles an hour it would 14 our circulation(循环)of blood and kill us? Thank goodness a few people didn’t believe that 15 thinking, or we wouldn’t be riding in cars, buses, and flying in airplanes today．You’ll never know until you 16 ．
Roger Bannister was the first human being to run a mile in less than 4 minutes．But 17 he did it, most people in the world didn’t think it was even 18 ．Yet only weeks after Bannister did it, suddenly 19 all over the world began running a mile in less than 4 minutes! If we believe something can be done, we’ll 20 do it．
As my wife greeted me one evening, her voice came through the door,“Guess what?”
I always take a deep 1 on this very leading question．“What?”I asked．
“I just won a sales contest at work and the 2 is dinner for two at the new fancy restaurant down by the river-front!”
She was so 3 ．We knew the restaurant was extremely good．“See?I told you there would be a 4 for me to wear my new spring outfit,”she shyly reminded me．
“ 5 can play at that game,”I responded．“I will wear my gray suit, my Borsalino imported straw hat and a new silk tie．We will be well 6 ．”
It was early 7 and nearing dusk as the waiter took us to a table by a window, with a(n) 8 of the river．And the table was 9 set, with a smoke-gray tablecloth and bright colored napkins．
A delicious meal 10 in such an atmosphere should be remembered a long time．As it 11 , this will probably never be forgotten．
As the shadows lengthened, the 12 rocking by the riverbank, I murmured,“Why not take a walk?”
Hand in hand, we walked by the stores．People smiled and nodded．“I 13 realized there were so many 14 people as we have seen this evening, dear,”I observed．
“Probably your new straw hat or your 15 ,”she said．
After receiving many smiles, we 16 ourselves back at the restaurant, looking at ourselves in the 17 ．It was then that I saw the 18 for all the smiles．
Caught in the fly of my trousers and 19 down for all to see was a bright red 20 from the restaurant!
When I was a little girl, every Sunday my family of six would put on our best clothes and go to Sunday School and then church．The 1 in elementary school would all meet together to sing songs, and then later divide into 2 based on their ages．
One Easter Sunday, all the kids 3 with big eyes and big 4 about what the Easter Bunny(复活节小兔)had brought． 5 all of the kids shared their stories with 6 , one young boy , whom I shall call Bobby, sat 7 ．One of the teachers , noticing this, said to him, “And what did the Easter Bunny 8 you?”He replied, “My mom 9 the door by accident so the Easter Bunny couldn't get 10 because he hadn't got a key．”
This sounded like a 11 idea to all of us kids, so we kept on going with the stories．My mom knew the true story, 12 ．Bobby's mom was a single parent , and she suspected(怀疑)that they just couldn't 13 the Easter Bunny．
After Sunday School was over, everyone went off to 14 ．But my mom announced that we were going home 15 ．At home, she explained that to make Bobby feel 16 , we were going to pretend(假装)to be the Easter Bunny , make a basket of our candies for him and 17 it at church．We all donated(捐赠)some to the basket, and 18 back to church．There, mom hung the basket over the hanger(挂钩)and attached(附上)a(n) 19 ：
Dear Bobby,
I'm sorry I 20 your house last night．Happy Easter．
