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I was born legally blind. Of all the stories of my early childhood，the one about a______is my mother's favorite.

I was only two when the______occurred. We had just arrived home from a trip. Mom lifted me out of the car and _____to speak to the driver. I took advantage of my brief______to dash across the lawn(草坪)-and hit a large maple tree！I was running so fast that I bounced off the trunk and______on my backside. Mom______me to start crying，but I just sat there for a minute. Then I______myself up and kept right on going. Mom always______here that，as many times as I______across the lawn after that，I never again______into that tree.

Mom loves to use this story as an______. It reminds her that children don't enter life______to take risks or unwilling to______again when they fall down. She never wanted me to lose that______as I grew older. When I______my major life decisions，I was still that little girl tearing full-speed across the lawn. I studied abroad and later moved away from my parents' home to look for a______, Through years of______, I have become a respected teacher in a school serving high-need students.

We are almost certain to get______at some point during the process of achieving our goal. When that happens，don't sit in the grass and______.Just get up and keep on going It will all be worth it______.