I bought a jasmine(茉莉花) plant for my office. When I bought it, I __________(tell) it would bloom(开花) and the sweet smell
________(fill) my office. I had the plant for two months, and every day I looked at it, but there
__________( be not) any flowers or pleasant smell. I was not happy, so I gave the plant to my friend Linda.
One day, another friend Mary called and _________( invite) me to her office. When I walked in, her jasmine flowers surprised me. I reached out
___________(touch) the flowers. Mary cut some and gave them to me. I couldn't help smelling them. Surrounded by the sweet smell of only a handful of these flowers, I suddenly
________(understand) something.
Mary bought her plant the same time I did. It took a year for her jasmine ___________(bloom). I was so impatient for mine to bloom; regretfully, I gave it away.
In a way my life is like the jasmine plant. I need_______(be) patient and let things happen.
Last Sunday Linda told me that she________(go) abroad the next week. Before she left, she returned the plant to me. This time I am going to wait. I
______________(learn) that when we want something in our life, we have to be patient. I am slowly learning to have that patience to wait for my jasmine to bloom.