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Just as I began a new job in New York, I had to learn another important job: father. I was a businessman. At the office I had three new    _(project), and at home I had a young son who was growing fast and       (need ) me. I was puzzled and didn’t know how to deal with the relationship between job and family until one day, during my business trip in Chicago, I came_an old family friend Dan,     was once a patient of my father. He told me something about my father. ___ was my father that helped him go through depression. When Dan knew he got depression, he was very upset and wanted    ___ ( give ) up, but my father, his doctor, encouraged him to go on     (fight) against depression. My father said to him, “You have _____wonderful life and three fine children. Take some time with them. It’s family that we live for---not just ourselves. Think of that     _you will know life’s worth the fight.” His words touched me, and I_(sudden) realized that family are the most important in the world. I should spend more time staying with them.