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For most people, graduation (毕业) is an exciting day. But my graduation day was not.

I remember that weekend two years ago. Family and friends had _____ from across the country to watch our class walk across that stage. We had degrees, but very few job chances because of the _____ economy (经济). I knew that the next day I would no longer have a _____ to call home.

I knew my small university town couldn’t offer me any opportunities, so I drove to southern California to find _____. But what I thought would take a week _____ for two weeks, and then four weeks, and I found myself in the _____ spot (点) I was in before.

You know that feeling when you wake up and you are full of fear? Fear about something you can’t _____. You hope that everything that has happened to you so far is just a bad _____.

So what did I do to stay _____? I wrote. Something about putting words on a page made everything seem a little clearer, a little brighter. Something about writing gave me _____. If you want something enough, sometimes a little hope is all you need!

I turned my _____ feelings into a children’s book—about a surprising hero who simply refused to _____ on his dream.

Then one day, without a writing degree or contacts in the writing world, ______a lot of hard work—I was offered a publishing (出版) deal for my first book! After that, things started to get _____. I was _____ a second book deal. Then, a few months later, I got an interview with a big company and got a good job.

It takes time, but just hold on—change can happen when you least expect it.