1.Feeling__________a man who, in mid-career, has__________been placed under sentence of death with an indefinite reprieve, I__________the doctor's office, walked over to the park and__________down on a bench—perhaps, as I then__________myself, for the last time. I needed to think.
2.Frequently I sit__________and say to myself: Let me__________a note of this moment I'm living right now. Because in it I'm__________, happy, hard at work doing what I like__________to do. It won't always be like this;__________while it is, I'll make the most of it.__________afterwards, I'll remember and be grateful.