Do you expect ___1___ successful in everything you do? If so, then how? Here is an example.

There was a farmer who grew corn all his life. Each year he ___2___ his corn to the market. Then each time his corn was chosen as the ___3___ and won the first prize.

One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned ___4___ surprising about how he grew it. The farmer offered his seed (种子) corn to his neighbors.

“How can you share your best seed corn with your neighbors?” the reporter asked, “You know they are taking part in the competition ___5___ you every year.” “Didn’t you know?” said the farmer, “Tho wind picks up pollen (花粉) from the corn and moves it ___6___ from field to field. If my neighbors grow bad corn, cross-pollination (异花传粉) will affect the quality of my corn. So if I want to grow good corn, I must help my neighbors to grow good corn.”

The farmer knows much about the connection of life. His corn can’t improve ___7___ his neighbors’ corn improves.

As a great man says, “We ___8___ by what we grow; we make a life by what we give.” We can’t live without food, ___9___ and many other things. But a meaningful life is not decided by how much we can get, but by how much we can give others. Giving instead of ___10___ makes us different from other animals.

So if you choose to live well, you must help others to live well; if you choose to be happy you must help others to find happiness in their life.