While attending a conference, I returned to my hotel room late one evening. The overhead light outside my door was burned out and I had 1finding the keyhole. When I 2 to open the door, I3around the wall for a light switch. I found a place where a switch was4fixed...but no switch!
Not discouraged easily, I remembered 5a lamp by the bed when I deposited (寄存) my luggage6in the day. I found the bed in the 7and then the lamp, but when I switched it on, nothing8！I thought that perhaps if I opened the curtains I might be able to use whatever light comes in from the 9 to find another lamp. So I 10my way slowly across the room to the curtains and...no drawstring！I finally stumbled (跌跌撞撞地走) around 11I found a desk lamp which actually 12！
That evening I discovered in a whole new way just how dark the world can be 13how necessary light is！But even more necessary than 14 light is the light that shines from people—the light of 15 and faith. Because, for many people, the world is a dark and 16 place. For someone today just may be stumbling in discouragement or sadness or fear and in 17of some light. So let your light shine. Whatever light you 18may be a beacon (指路明灯) of hope and encouragement. And if you feel that your light is 19a candle in a forest, remember—there isn't enough darkness in the world to 20 the light of one small candle.
