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====**Practice 1 "** With one success a thousand failures lie forgotten, but with one refusal to try, a thousand successes may prematurely die", was once said by an unknown author. I think this quote has a much deeper meaning. I think it means that behind one success is many failures, but if you don't try at all, you won't have the chance to succeed. Success without failure would be every person's dream come true.====

====Imagine living a life where you succeed in everything you try without making any mistakes. That would save a lot of time. But, think about it this way. You won't be able to appreciate success if you don't knnow what you had to overcome and go through to achieve it. Your accomplishment won't mean anything. If you think about some of the most successful people in life, you realize that their success wouldn't have meant anything without failure first. Take Thomas Edison for example. If he made the light bulb in one try, nobody would have really cared because anybody else could have tried and succeeded in one try. As a result, Edison's accomplishment wouldn't have meant anything, and he wouldn't have become famous. But in reality, Edison failed about 10,000 times before finally inventing the first light bulb.====

====There would be no success wothout failure. You can't succeed without failing first. The two go hand in hand. Now, nowing this, some people won't even try to make history because they are afraid of making mistakes. That's worse. If you don't try at all, you will never, ever know if you could've succeeded. The world wouldn't have a chance of being what it is today if everybody gave up on their ideas without trying them out first. "... with one refusal to try, a thousand successes may prematurely die." This is absolutely true.- ====

====Furthermore, I think the purpose of this wise quote is to send a message to people. I believe that message is that we should all shoot for our dreams because once we succeed, all the failures we went through will be forgotten. But if we never try, we will remain in darkness, always wondering if we could have made history and contributed to the world. This is the message that I got out of this quote.====

====In addition, failures in a way are great. As I mentioned before, failures teach us to appreciate our successes. Also, they make the world go round. When one person fails, another person may take their idea and try it their own way, and succeed. In a way, the first person has contributed to the success, so nobody really fails. Anyway, failing is nothing to be ashamed of. It's natural. Failure is an indication to start over and fix anything we did wrong. This is why this quote is so meaningful. It sends us a wise messages, that we should apply to our everyday life. Most importantly, it reminds us that we are all capable of doing geat things, and in this wonderful world of ours, there is room for second chances. In other words, "With one success a thousand failures lieforgotten, but with one refusal to try, a thousand successes may prematurely die."====

Practice 2 Unexpected surprises are always welcomed by me. I absolutely love surprises and when they are totally unexpected, they are all the more better. I remeber when I experinced a trully unexpected surprise a few years a go. This was the time when my aunt and uncle who live in Chicago came for a visit...without telling us first. I don't know how their arrival exactly happened because I wasn't home at the time. But, later when my parents and sister came to pick me up, they decided that I should have the full experience. So, my sister and I walked out the building I was in. While we were walking to the car, a couple walked past us in the opposite direction, and I turned to look at their faces. "Wait....was that," I stammered, not believing what I saw. All of a sudden, the couple and my sister started laughing and showed no sign of stopping. Oh my god! I realized that what I thought was correct! That couple was my aunt and uncle. In the car, my sister explained tome how she had been the one to open the door when they had rang the bell. She didn't forget to emphasize how she had screamed in excitement, either. Everyone was really happy

This unexpected visit had a positive effect on my life. Because of it, I learned a lesson. The lesson was that no barrier can keep family away for long. Now every time I open door to a ring, I always think about the unexpected surprise that I once experienced, and hope for it to repeat itself. One day, I'm sure that it will, and the fact that it will be an UNEXPECTED surprise excites me already!