My job is to help clients find jobs and return to school for training. One day, a lady came to my office with a dream to become a registered nurse. However, her family did not 1. With young children to care for and her husband unemployed, she simply didn't have the 2 to return to school.
It was clear that this lady had a(n)3for the nursing profession, so I encouraged her to realize her dream. I4her with necessary information to apply for nursing school. She left my office, and I never 5whether she followed her dream or not.
Many years later, I was diagnosed (诊断) with breast cancer. I was6 to hospital. The surgery was successful. It was, 7 ， very painful. Though I 8 myself on not being a bell ringer, one night the pain was so 9 that I had to call for a nurse. I rang the bell and waited for10. A nurse came through the door and offered to help. I 11thanked her for coming to my rescue. I said, "I am not usually like this."
To my 12 , she said, "Oh, I know that, Mrs. Bryenton." It13 that she was just the lady who I had encouraged to follow her dream years before. She subsequently (随后) returned to school for upgrading and later 14nursing.
You never know what 15 your encouraging words will have on someone. It is amazing that many of my clients would return to say thanks to me.
