One of the easiest things in the world is to become a fault-finder. However, life can be 1when you are not busy finding fault with it.
Several years ago I 2a letter from seventeen-year-old Kerry, who described herself as a world-class faultfinder, almost always 3 by things. People were always doing things that annoyed her, and ___4__ was ever good enough. She was highly self-critical and also found fault with her friends. She became a really 4person.
Unfortunately, it took a horrible accident to change her 5 Her best friend was seriously hurt in a car crash. What made it almost 6 to deal with was that the day before the 7, Kerry had visited her friend and had spent the whole time criticizing her 8 of boyfriends, the way she was living, the way she related to her mother, and various other things she felt she needed to 9 It wasn't until her friend was badly hurt that Kerry became 10 her habit of finding fault. Very quickly, she learned to appreciate life rather than to11 everything so harshly ( 刻薄) . She was able to transfer her new wisdom to other parts of her 12 as well.
Perhaps most of us aren't as extreme at faultfinding, 13 when we're honest, we can be sharply 14of the world. I'm not suggesting you 15 problems, or that you pretend things are 16 than theyare, but simply that you learn to allow things to be as they are— 17 most of the time, and especially when it's not a really big18.
Train yourself to "bite your tongue" , and with a little 19, you'll get really good at letting thingsgo. And when you do, you'll get back you enthusiasm and love for life.
Last month I 4precious watch, which was an 18-year-old birthday gift from my father. I could not fall asleep for a couple of nights because I felt5about the loss.
There have been many 6like these in my life. I could never figure out how to deal with such tough things7I read “If You Have a Lemon, Make a Lemonade" by American writer Dale Carnegie.
“When the wise man is handed a lemon, he says, ‘What8 can I get from this? How can I9my situation? How can I turn this lemon into a lemonade?" he wrote. I suddenly10that life is full of ups and downs, so I need to stay 11 all the time.
Now when I think of my past, I wish I could have handled things 12. When my mother was fighting for 13, I should have held her hands in mine, telling her things would get better instead of 14and crying.
Several weeks ago, I took part in a campus singing competition. I didn't 15 a prize. If I had not 16this article, I would definitely have felt 17again. But instead, I smiled after the competition. I was happy that at least I had got some stage18.
Life is not just a bed of roses. There are thorns（刺）as well, but these thorns help us become19 and strong. When life 20us a lemon, let's try to make a lemonade.
Every dream has something to do with our feelings, longings, wishes, needs, fears, and memories. But something on the “outside” may affect what we 1. If a person is hungry or tired or cold, his dream may include a feeling of this kind. If the 2 on your body has slipped off your bed, you may dream that you are 3 or resting on the ice and snow. The material for the dream you will 4 tonight is probably to come from the experiences you have today.
5 the subject of your dream usually comes from something that has an effect on you 6 you are sleeping (feeling of cold, a noise, a discomfort, etc.) and it may also use your past experiences and the wishes and interests you have now. This is why very young 7 are likely to dream of fairies(仙女), older children of school examinations, 8 people of food, homesick soldiers of their families and prisoners of freedom.
To show you how that is 9 while you are asleep and how your wishes or needs can all be joined together in a dream, 10 is the story of an experiment. A man was asleep and the back of his 11 was rubbed 12 a piece of cotton. He would dream that he 13 in a hospital and his girlfriend was visiting him, 14 on the bed and feeling gently his hand!
There are some scientists who have made a special 15 of why we dream, what we dream and what those dreams 16 . Their explanation of dreams, though a bit reasonable, is not accepted by everyone, but it 17 an interesting approach to the problem. They believe that dreams are 18 expressions of wishes that didn’t 19 . In other words, a dream is a way of having your wishes 20 out.
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Lainey finished thirdgrade. She had good grades and could read 1 grade level, but she did not like to read. On a family car trip, her Aunt Dede pulled out a copy of Harry Potter, as a surprise for her 2 . But Lainey took one look at it, 3 her eyes, and said, “Borring!”
Aunt Dede, a teacher, had read the book to her students, and they loved it. 4 the youngest children in the class were 5 by the story. They 6 with great interest and then 7 joined in grand conversations about Harry`s adventures.
“How can you say it`s 8? Have you read it? ” asked Aunt Dede.
“No, it`s too long and it doesn`t have any 9 .” complained Lainey.
“Oh, that`s where you are 10 ;there are lots of pictures. Every page is full of pictures; you just have to read the words to 11 them. It`s like magic.”
“Nice try , Aunt Dede,”Lainey replied 12 from the back seat.
Another 13was in order. “Well, if you don’t want to read it, give it14 .Maybe your mom would 15 hearing the story.” The book sailed through the air to Aunt Dede and she began to read it aloud. By the end of the first chapter,16 were coming from the back seat:“Please read a little17.”
Lainey is an example of an 18reader. As shown here, Lainey can become 19 about reading when 20 with literature on topics that interest her, and when the people around her model involvement in the reading process.
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Youth sports teach kids to develop a winning state of mind as well as the ability to become team leaders. Although having 1 is a major part of athletics, the only purpose of sports is to compete and create the 2 mentality (心态) people need in sports.
3 have the extremely hard task of getting their young athletes to learn how to play the sport and become disciplined, and ready to play the sport to the best of their ability. 4, I was at my younger brother's baseball game the other night and his team was 5 by five runs in the last part of the game. While most teams in this situation would be desperately trying to regain their 6 for bravery and will to fight, his team just seemed to slowly walk around, 7 sunflower seeds, and laugh at jokes made by teammates. I asked my brother after the game why everybody was so 8 about the loss and he said it was because some kid's mom brought really good snacks.
Some parents have a 9 with coaches shouting at their child, as they hold the view that if a child makes a mistake, it is the coach's 10 to correct the problem. When parents get involved in telling the coach how to 11 the team, problems 12. Some parents feel if they pay their money, they should have an equal 13 on how to coach the team. In order to have a successful learning experience, the coach needs to feel like he can control his team and 14 the parents from having the last say. Without that, the coach feels as if he needs to 15 the parents by giving more playing time to their kids who actually don't 16 it.
With youth sport programs becoming less competitive, club teams are on the 17. More teens can get an easier access to them. Club teams 18 more of what high school and junior high coaches are looking for, the competitive edge（优势）that is absolutely necessary in 19. While having fun is important, skills and a 20 mentality is worth more in the world of sports.
There are times when people are so tired that they fall asleep almost anywhere. We can see there is a lot of sleeping on the bus or train on the 1 home from work in the evenings. A man will be 2 the newspaper, and seconds later it 3 as if he is trying to 4it. Or he will fall asleep on the shoulder of the stranger 5 next to him. 6 place where unplanned short sleep 7 is in the lecture hall where a student will start snoring(打鼾) so 8that the professor has to ask another student to 9 the sleeper awake.
A more embarrassing（尴尬）situation occurs when a student starts falling into sleep and the 10 of the head pushes the arm off the 11, and the movement carries the 12 of the body along. The student wakes up on the floor with no 13 of getting there. The worst time to fall asleep is when 14. Police reports are full of 15 that occur when people fall into sleep and go 16the road. If the drivers are 17, they are not seriously hurt. One woman's car, 18, went into the river. She woke up in four feet of 19 and thought it was raining. When people are really 20, nothing will stop them from falling asleep—no matter where they are.
Life is colorful. Sometimes it's just like potato salad; when it's shared it becomes a picnic.
With three young children, my husband John and I were very 1. “Can we go on a picnic, Mom?” my six-year-old daughter, Becky 2. “Please.” I had said no so many times in 3 months, and I decided the usual Saturday morning chores could 4. To her 5, I agreed.
I prepared a few sandwiches and 6 a cooler with ice and drinks and called John 7. My eleven-year-old twin sons loaded the cooler and the picnic basket in the trunk and off we went to spend some 8 time together as a family.
About the time I got the lunch 9 out on the table, John arrived on the 10.That was one of the happiest meals we ever shared together. The meal was filled with 11. We felt a closeness that had been hidden by work and school responsibilities for so many months. John and the boys 12 rocks into the lake. Becky fed the ducks and I sat quietly on the picnic table, 13 God for blessing me with such a wonderful family.
That night as our children went to bed, I kissed their cheeks and 14 what a wonderful life I had. As I walked out of the room it dawned on me that even the busiest 15 could become a picnic when it's shared with the ones you 16. Even though the kids have now grown up and 17 from home, I can still remember how I felt that day while sitting at the picnic table.
Maybe today would be a good time to 18 potato salad, call all of my 19 kids, feed some hungry ducks and skipped a few rocks into the lake. Since life is like potato salad, let's make it a 20.
As a child, I started learning to play to piano, my favorite musical 1 , but I was forced to give up when I started my middle school 2I could concentrate more on my studies.
It's one of my biggest 3 to stop practicing the piano when I recall sadly today. During the following years, I kept telling my piano teacher that I would 4. However, I didn't keep my promise because I was 5 with my study.6 I lost touch with my teacher. Some years later, my teacher died. I was very sad because I lost such a good teacher. She was a very warm and gentle person. It hurts me to think she may have been 7 that I never returned. I haven't taken lessons since then but to be honest, I 8 to. Sitting at the piano, I couldn't help recalling many 9—times of my practising at home and playing before my teacher and one time my teacher 10 me after I played entire pieces of music wrong in front of her colleagues. I was so 11 that I could hardly say anything. But her 12 helped ease my shame. These memories,13, good or bad, never caused my 14 for playing the piano again.
This thought then led me to think that 15 is like music, and that we all try to play different 16 in the instrument of our life. Sometimes the pitch(音高) is 17 when we play it well, but sometimes we are out of tone. However, we all continue to create our own 18 style of music. No matter what style our music is, it is 19 that we sing the songs of joy, quietness and love. Though I may never make it back to piano lessons, it doesn't 20 that I've stopped making music.
It surprised me--every time I saw Joe, he was smiling. It didn't1whether he had to stop at a stop light, or if he were the seventh person in2at the bank, and the service stopped just before he got there. Joe3smiled. It made me wonder why he seemed so4every day.
Having observed Joe with other people, I5something else also. Joe asked people how they were doing, and really seemed to listen to their6. If someone were hurting, he had7for him and kind words, and offered to8in any way he could.
It made me think. What if I tried to smile more? A(n)9of sorts began when I went to the grocery store. I smiled as I went up and down the aisles, and people I didn't even10smiled back at me. Some even11! The little kid in the cart(购物车) who was giving his mother a12time saw me smile and13talking, and, you guessed it-he made a shy little attempt at a smile. The man in the handicapped(残疾的) cart14a person to reach something and I got it for him. The smile even transferred over to him, and he15me.
As I drove home, I was smiling. I16what I had just learned, and when someone passed me and gave me a(n)17, I smiled at him. He looked puzzled.
Now I know a smile is a small thing, but what if we were all to try to smile a few more times each day? I couldn't believe how18I felt. Nothing in my life had changed,19maybe it had. What I had learned was that such a small thing could20not only my spirits, but also the spirits of those around me. So smile!
Christmas is always people's favorite time of the year.1 , it is no mine, not now. On December 23, I still didn't have a single present to put2 the tree for my seven-year-old son, Joe. How was I ever going to find- let alone 3 -the brand-name(名牌的) model airplane he and all his friends were going 4 about?
“I know Santa will got it for me,” he told me “I've been a good boy all year.” How could I5 that sometimes even good boys didn't get what they asked for from Santa? My husband had been disabled due to an accident, so I had to take up the family 6 by myself. I'd saved every7 , but I still only had enough for a few secondhand gifts. I hoped that I could 8buy my son a toy and a photo album, one that would hold his new photos 9the secondhand store.
Life was hard for us. I knew that without hope and 10 I'd have nothing. So I believed everything would become better. But the sorry state of everything in sight in the secondhand store 11 me. There was a doll that looked like it had been 12 over by a truck and a set of colored pencils—half of them were almost 13 up... I let out a 14 and walked down another aisle(过道). Maybe I must hadn't been looking hard enough. 15 enough, the bottom shelf I found an unopened box. It was the brand-name model airplane Joe had asked for ... at only half the original price! What a 16 ! I grabbed it and excitedly ran to the checkout counter (收根台).
At the checkout counter, something on the counter caught my17 — a photo album, lying facedown. Someone had 18 not to get it and dropped it there, I guessed. I opened it up and found it was just the right 19 for Joe's new photos. It was 20 . It was really a last-minute shopping wonder. I turned the album over. Inscribed(题写) on the front cover was a line: “God will provide all your needs. ”
With all the reports of how unhealthy fast food is, why is anybody still eating it? The1 is, it is cheap, convenient and filling. The problem is that just one fast food meal can pack 2 calories, sodium and fat for an 3 day or more! Eating fast food too often can 4 a variety of different health problems 5 obesity. A recent study from Reuters 6 that fast food companies are increasing 7 to market themselves to children and through television ads and websites geared to kids. In fact, the fast food industry 8 more than $4.2 billion in 2009 on marketing and 9! Why do companies spend so much money on child-targeted advertising? Because it 10. These commercials cause our children to hunger for these 11 foods. And with the average child12to over 40,000 commercials a year, there is no13children have a desire for fast food.
Because of the childhood obesity epidemic(泛滥), San Francisco 14 a law about fast food. The law, which took 15 on December 1, 2011, limits the fast food industry's practice of 16 toys with children's meals. Kid's meals must meet certain nutritional standards 17 they can be sold with toys. 18 must be less than 600 calories, contain fruits or vegetables and include beverages without excessive fat or sugar. Toys tend to attract children to these kid's meals so certainly this law will19.
Eating fast food doesn't have to be a disaster. There are ways to make healthy 20. So while the healthier choices are there, it's really up to the consumer to pay close attention while ordering.
If silence is gold, it is also becoming as rare as gold. It seems that the 1 of man includes a 2 volume( 音量）of noise. In every 3 a stereo or television will 4 the rooms with noise. Between sunrise and sunset, streets and 5 are a constant source of 6 from cars, buses, and trucks. You can pass any factory or7 area and the roar of its machinery will make your ears 8 . Music is 9 in every supermarket, most restaurants, and many offices. Big cities of the world are 10for their noisiness.
Noise 11 is the new 12 effect of our technological age. Day and night sound of 13 fills the air. It seems that the pleasing effects of silence are 14 to be found. Even the quiet of our 15 protected wilderness areas can be disturbed at any moment by a passing 16.
We are learning, finally, that 17 is a natural resource and must be protected by 18 . It appears that we all find company in sound, 19 , we all 20 a little quiet from time to time.
Shyness is the 1 of much unhappiness for a great many people. Shy people are anxious and self-conscious; that is, they are excessively 2 with their own appearance and 3. Worrisome thoughts are constantly 4 in their minds: What kind of impression am I making? Do they like me? Do I sound stupid? Am I wearing 5 clothes?
It is obvious that such uncomfortable feelings must 6 people adversely. A person's self-concept is 7in the way he or she behaves, and the way a person behaves affects other people's reactions. 8, the way people think about themselves has a profound effect on all areas of their lives.
Shy people, having 9 self-esteem (尊重), are likely to be passive and easily influenced by others. They need reassurance that they are doing “the right thing.” Shy people are very sensitive10 criticism; they feel it 11their inferiority. They also find it difficult to be pleased by compliments (恭维) because they believe they are 12 of praise. A shy person may respond to a compliment with a 13 like this one: “You're just saying that to make me feel good. I know it's not true.” It is clear that, while self-awareness is a healthy quality,14 it is harmful.
Can shyness be completely eliminated, or at least15? Fortunately, people can16shyness with determined and patient effort in building self-confidence. Since shyness goes 17 with lack of self-esteem, it is important for people to accept their weaknesses as well as their 18. For example, most people would like to be “A” students in every subject. It is not fair for them to label themselves 19 because they have difficulty in some areas. People's expectations of themselves must be 20. Living on the impossible leads to a sense of inadequacy.
I don't know about your neighborhood but where I live, there seems to be a serious mosquito invasion(侵略). We've always known mosquitoes 1us, so we do everything2to make sure they don't get us.
To prevent them from getting into the3 , we always make sure we close the doors and windows.4, this in itself is a challenge5people still need to come in and out of the house. So you can't 6them out completely.
Speaking of the 7, what is it really? I'm sure you know its meaning in the dictionary, but let's 8its purpose for a minute. Does a door have the ability to work on its own? No, it doesn't 9whether it is an electric door or a normal wooden one, someone or something has to control its 10.
Our lives are full of doors that only we can11. We decide when and who to 12through them. Look at the doors of 13, for example. Do you know no one becomes your friend14your own decision? Yes, you may have met by chance but the decision to keep that friendship/relationship going is what you make as a person. The15comes in when you become heartbroken, hurt and bitter, and then you realize it is the16door to open.17, not many people are able to close such a door after it opens and as a result, they have very many mean people staying in18relationships that tire them and suck(吸吮)their 19like the mosquitoes do. If you are in such a 20, do yourself a favor and close that door to keep those “mosquitoes” away.
Meeting your family's nutritional needs may seem difficult considering today's busy lifestyle. But it doesn't have to1.Even a new emphasis 2more fruits and vegetables doesn't 3 mean more preparation time if you 4 the convenience of canned foods.
When you open a5 of fruit or vegetable at home you have at hand fresh-packed nutritional produce, with no man-made ingredients, no preservatives(防腐剂).And all the work has been 6 for you: the slicing(切片),the peeling,7 the cooking. Canned fruits and vegetables leave you the 8 to be creative. And with the variety of fruits and vegetables available these days, you can serve different combinations, create new dishes, and 9 new tastes to old recipes. Canned foods are good as well. A United States Department of Agriculture and National Food Association co-sponsored study shows canned vegetables to be just as 10 as fresh or frozen. Because canned vegetables are 11 within hours of being packed, they generally retain(保留) 70 to 90 percent of their 12 .
Fruit and vegetable canning is as13 as when your grandmother “put up” tomatoes and other things from the garden. Fresh produce is taken from the field at just the right time, 14 to the cannery, checked, washed, sealed, and sterilized(消毒).All this generally 15 in less than 24 hours to 16 the best quality and nutritional value without the need for any preservatives.
Use the liquids that vegetables are17 in as a substitute for 18 in recipes to get that last drop of good nutrition.
Most major brands of canned fruits and vegetables include nutritional19 and ingredient statements on their 20. This is especially important to those on calories-conscious or restricted diets.
Dear Mr Jones,
I expect you may be slightly surprised to receive a letter from someone living as near as your nextdoor neighbor, but I have to raise a subject so that it will be easier for me to discuss in writing.
You may have noticed that I have a 1 of apple trees running alongside the fence that 2 our two gardens. You may also have taken 3 in the frequent sight of your two children 4 on your lawn directly by the fence. And you may also have 5 that my apple trees, so to speak, bend over the fence and seem to 6 your children with interest.
It is only natural that your children should sometimes seem to return that 7. And it is not only natural, 8, I acknowledge, quite legal, for them occasionally to show that interest by 9 all the apples that hang over on 10 side of the fence.
But to be plain with you, Mr Jones, I am tired 11 seeing your children, day after day, tear the branches off the side of every one of my apple trees, and leave my trees looking 12 a battle had been fought on one side of them. I am, if anything, even more tired of waking up these fine autumn 13, to find even the apples on my side of the fence 14 in number. I know this is the work of your children, since last night I was woken at midnight by the 15 they were making 16 one of my trees, and (as they may have told you) chased them home.
While I am on the subject, I am at least grateful to you for keeping your bonfires on the far side of your garden this year. Last year neither I 17 your children had any apples, because the smoke from your bonfire destroyed all the flowers 18the apples had time to form. I very much hope that next year—for the first time since I came to this village—I shall have my apples, and your children 19 have theirs and that the sight of the line of apple trees will be 20 pride to us both.
Some people choose to live in a flat share. Others can't imagine 1 their perfect flats to live with other people.
If you live alone, you take care of your own space. You have the advantage of being able to 2 the environment. If you like it cool, no heating arguments. You don't have to 3 the sofa with anyone and you always have peace and quiet to have a long and 4 bath. However, there's no one around if you need a helping hand. If something gets 5, you'll have to fix it yourself, ask a friend, or worse—6 someone to fix it! You may feel quite 7. There's no one at home to have a cup of tea with and talk about how your day was. You could 8 a friend of course, 9 it's not the same as having somebody with you around the kitchen table.
It's not all 10 when you live with other people, though. Sometimes when you get home, the cakes your colleague (同事) gave you as a thank-you present are mysteriously 11. Whenever you want a relaxing bath, there's always someone wanting to 12 every five minutes. Your home is certainly messier than if you were 13. People bring lots of things, and they have to put them 14. It's also seldom 15—someone always seems to have a birthday party when you want to get to bed 16.
But despite (不管) all that, there can be some 17 moments. Like coming home to a thank-you note and some chocolate for something you did the day 18. And when you come home after a long day, you find your 19 making pizza with leftover (剩余的) vegetables while you watch a film and 20. That's when it all seems worth it.
Over the last 15 years, as a doctor, I have had heart-to-heart conversations with countless patients near the end of their lives. The most common emotion they express is1. And that's2I came up with a project to encourage people to write a3to their loved ones. It's a lesson I learned years ago from a memorable4patient.
He was a retired5with a cancer. Every day, his6spent many hours watching him watch television. She explained to me he had never been much of a7in their 50-plus years of marriage. But he seemed quite8to share his ideas with me,9when it became clear his days were10. He spoke of his deep regret for not having spent enough time with his wife, and of his great11in his son, who had joined the Navy in his father's footsteps.
One afternoon, when I mentioned these12to his wife and son, they looked disbelievingly at each other. They thanked me for being so kind but13my patient was unlikely to express such feelings. To make sure his family could hear his14, I took my video camera with me the next morning and with the patients'15, recorded an open letter from him to his family. When I gave them the16letter, both his wife and son were moved to tears.
The experience17my letter project, which can help people complete their life review tasks: remembering to those we may have hurt; 18those who have hurt us and saying "I love you". It may take much courage to write a life review letter. For some people, it19deep and troubling emotions. 20it may be the most important letter you will ever write.
Tips for being a super organized student
Posted 2 hours ago by Amy
I have always admired students who hand in their homework on time and never 1 to do it. Me, on the other hand …OK, I'm not good enough. I'm 2 at getting myself organized (有条理的)!
But lately I've started keeping a small study 3. I write down 4 I need to do and when it needs to be done by. Then I write a reminder (提醒单) a few days before the date just in case. It's helping.
So 5 are your tips for getting organized? Post a comment below. I'm hoping we can share tips to teach us better study skills.
Comments
Hana
Good question, Amy. I 6 spend about five minutes at the end of the day 7 the desktop on my computer. I make a copy of important documents, I delete things I don't need any more and put everything useful into the 8 folder (文件夹). The most important thing is to start studying a few weeks before the 9 and not leave it 10 the night before! That's just common sense, I think.
Gloria
Hi, Amy. My tip is to have a big noticeboard …
Why Thoughtful Gifts Are the Worst Gifts?
During all kinds of holidays, millions of people will buy gifts for loved ones, which is great— 1 that tons of those people make the same mistakes, and buy the 2 gifts.
Roughly 10 percent of gifts are 3 each year—and the percentage of unwanted gifts is surely higher given that nice people may not want to return presents.
What's going on?
Gift buying 4 a deceiving selfish pursuit. We don't actually look for things people want to receive. 5, and to many of our gifts' detriments, we 6 look for things that we want to give. It's an important problem.
The research says 7 .
"Gift givers want to prove how well they know a person by choosing a thoughtful gift," said Mary Steffel, an assistant professor at the University of Cincinnati 8 research has focused on gift-giving. "But people aren't very good at guessing what others want."
Research has shown that givers value the gifts they buy more than recipients (接受者).The result seems to come from a simple wrong belief 9 thoughtful presents are the best presents. They are not. In fact, they 10 just be the worst presents. The more thought you put into a present, the more likely you are to stray from buying what the person you're buying the present for actually wants.
"Gift givers focus on what people are like instead of what people actually would like," said Steffel. "And it's most pronounced when they're shopping for people they are close to."
In other words, people let their gift-giving egos (自我)get 11 the way of great presents. Especially when the recipient is someone they want to show they know really well.
Fortunately, the answer to our 12 on guessing what people want is simple: stop it.
"People want 13 it is they happen to want in the moment, which can be very specific," Steffel said. "You are much better off 14 people what they want."
There is another helpful 15 of thumb. Buy gifts that can be used more broadly. People prefer gift cards to actual gifts, and cash to 16. Here is an example. 17 you have a friend, and your friend really likes margarita (玛格丽特鸡尾酒).You might think of buying that friend a margarita-maker.
But a margarita-maker, 18 it speaks to a specific quality in that friend, is actually a pretty 19 present. Better yet? Give the friend enough cash to buy the device, 20 it, and then accept the reality that they are probably going to buy something else they want much more.
