In one town, there was a wise man who would listen to people's problems and try to offer advice. The problem was that it seemed like people always complained（抱怨） about the 1 problems over and over again.
The wise man gave proper advice to these people 2 he can help solve their problems. But it seemed that they never actually 3 his advice. In fact, the people 4 enjoy complaining and didn't want to listen to him.
He came up with an interesting 5 to this problem. Every time someone came to him with their complaint, he would tell them a joke. The joke was funny for at first. 6 , as they came back over time with the same old complaints, the man would say the same old joke. It got less and less 7 as time went by.
Finally, one person asked, "Wise man, why do you always tell the same 8 over and over? It isn't funny anymore."
The wise man replied, "If you can't 9 at the same joke over and over, then why do you always complain about the same things over and over again ?"
There is no point in worrying or complaining about something you can't or won't 10 to solve it. Remember you alone are in charge of（负责） your life. The world is what you make.
