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.