I had a job I loved as a case manager and my duties involved arranging home services for the low-income elderly. Yet, as with most social-service jobs, it 1 paid a living wage.
Although I managed to pay the electric bill each month, it was the 2 costs that kept me up at night. If something 3 in our home, it was probably going to stay broken. What if we needed a new roof? What if the car needed repairs? I was fortunate that I didn't need any government assistance, 4 I knew one catastrophe(灾难) would financially destroy me.
I thought I was doing a good job keeping my 5 from my children, but I wasn't. Children are very 6 to their parents' moods, and they are often listening when we're not aware. A neighbor had been pressuring me to 7 the cost of a new fence, and I was talking about it with my sister on the phone, wondering how I could 8 to cover the cost. After I got 9 the phone, my six-year-old daughter approached me and said, "Mom, please don't worry. We may not have everything we want, but we have everything we 10 ."
That statement, made by an innocent but very wise child, forever changed my 11 I'm so 12 to my little girl who was smart enough to 13 me that we often confuse wants with needs, I would focus on being grateful for 14 over our heads and food on our table. We did, 15 , have everything we need!
