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Around twenty years ago I was living in York. 61. ________ I had a lot of experience and a Master’s degree, I could not find satisfying work.
I was driving a school bus to make ends meet and living with a friend of mine, for I had lost my flat. I had attended five interviews with a company and one day between bus runs they called to say I did not get 62. ________ job. “Why has my life become so hard?” I thought 63. ________ (painful).
As I pulled the bus over 64. ________ (drop) off a little girl, she handed me an earring, saying that I should keep it in case somebody claimed (认领) it. The earring 65. ________ (paint) black and said “BE HAPPY”.
At first I got angry. Then it hit me --- I had been giving all of my attention to what was going wrong with 66. ________ life rather than what was right! I decided then and there to make a list of fifty things I was happy with. Later, I decided to add more things to the list. That night there was a phone call for me 67. ________ a lady who was a director at a large hospital. She asked me 68. ________ I would give a one-day lecture on stress 69. ________ (manage) to 200 medical workers. I said yes.
My day there went very well, and before long I got a well-paid job. To this day I know that it was because I changed my way of think 70. ________ I completely changed my life.