Exercise One

Walking down a path through some woods in Georgia, I saw a water puddle ahead on the path. I walked around to the side of the path that wasn't covered by___1___. As I reached the pool, I was suddenly attacked! Yet I did nothing for it was so___2___. I stepped back and my attacker stopped attacking me. ___3___attacking more, he flied in the air with its graceful___4___in front of me. Had I been hurt I wouldn't have found it amusing but I was unhurt, it was___5___and I was laughing. After all, I was being attacked by a butterfly!

I took a step forward, and my attacker rushed me again. He___6___me in the chest with his head and body. It's just not everyday that___7___is attacked by a butterfly, so I stopped to find out the___8___. My attacker moved back as well to___9___on the ground. That 's when I discovered why my___10___was charging me only moments earlier. He had a mate beside the puddle___11___he landed and she was dying.

Sitting close beside her, he opened and closed his wings as if to fan her. I could only___12___the love and courage of that butterfly in his concern for his mate, even though she was___13___dying and I was so large. He did so just to give her those extra few___14___moments. Now I knew why and what he was___15___. l couldn't do anything other than reward him by changing my___16___to the more difficult side of the puddle. He had truly___17___those moments to stay with her. I cleaned the mud from my boots and left.

Since then, I've always tried to remember the___18___of that butterfly whenever I see huge___19___facing me. I use that butterfly 's courage as an inspiration to___20___myself that good things are worth striving for.

Exercise Two

Goal setting seems to be a hot topic, yet it's easy to know about but difficult to practice.

People set goals, work hard at them for even a few months, and then___1___them. Next year, they set the___2___goals. But why do so many people do it? They may be making goals too___3___. But that isn't to say that they aren't___4___goals. They need to be broken apart into smaller and___5___pieces. Make spoon-size goals and you'll accomplish them___6___.

Many people are probably unwilling to___7___you to reach your goal. They're___8___with you when you have your own goals. They may even be enthusiastic about your desire___9___something or accomplish something new. ___10___, as you change and accomplish, they may not like it. Why? It's usually because your changes and accomplishments___11___them that they could be doing it, too...___12___they aren't!

You may have filled your___13___with so many things that there' s little___14___for your goals to grow. We must be careful not to confuse busyness with___15___, as goals are always achieved step by step. Be___16___about how you use your time and what you focus on. Success often comes when you know what to___17___, rather than what to include in your life.

Goal settling is like the pig and chicken walking out early one morning. The chicken became really___18___when she saw a sign : "Ham & Eggs, $2.99". She said to the pig, “ Look, we've got double billing again.” The pig said, “That 's___19___for you to say ! For you, it' s all in a day 's work. For me, it 's total commitment. " Goal setting is all in a day's work. Goal___20___is total commitment.