My father was______ crippled and short. When I was ______ up, I felt ______ and ashamed to be ______ walking with him. He would lean ______ me with his hand on my arm for ______ , but it was difficult to ______ our steps---his______ , mine______ . People would stare. But my father had never been ______ by all this. He never ______ about anything and took an active and optimistic______ towards life and work. He never invited ______ for himself, nor ______ he show envy of the more ______ or able. Now I am older, I come to ______ how unworthy I am. Father’s courage, ______ and open-mindedness moved me deeply. Though my father has been______ , I think of him often. It is my father______ has helped me keep my balance. “You set the ______ . I will try to adjust to you.”