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Every December the radio station in my city makes a program in which all the poor children can send letters asking for some Christmas presents. One day, as I was 1 the radio, I decided to do something, so I asked four of my friends if they wanted to help a poor child. They2.
After several days, we learned about a 3from a little child called Juan. In his letter, he 4 some blankets and some clothes and also wanted somebody to help his father5 the house because it was in bad 6.
We told the radio station that we wanted to 7 Juan. After that, we started to think about how to 8 all the money to buy all that Juan 9. After 5 days, we collected much money and bought many things for Juan. We 10 bought some toys as a little 11for Juan.
12, on December 22 the radio station gave a party in which all the children who asked for help were 13, and all those helping these children.
In the party we 14 Juan. We played some games with him and gave him the 15we prepared for him. He was very excited and happy, so were my 16 and I.
That day was one of the most 17 days in my life, and I learned something 18 from it. Giving help to those in need is one of the most meaningful things that you can do19 this makes you feel good and also makes the persons who you are helping 20. I am going to keep doing that all my life!
Do you hate to get your hands dirty? When I see my 10-year-old son1the dirty plates in the sink or my 8 year-old daughter cringing(畏缩) at the wet sand clinging(黏住) to her hands, I am reminded of a time when I was 2to get my hands a little dirty.
My parents owned a 500-acre 3 n Montana when I was young. I'd often come home from school to find a/an 4lamb or a calf being bottle-fed in the basement.One exceptionally cold day, I was the5sheep with my mother in the ranch when she spied a ewe(母羊)6.The poor thing was trying to7 her baby lamb and needed our help.My mother calmly held the ewe's head and8 me to grab hold of the two protruding(突出的) legs.
I hesitated, and must have had quite a look of 9 on my young face.The slimy little things were 10not something I wanted to touch.But I worked up my 11and wrapped my fingers around them.I can still recall the feel of 12the delicate legs and their sharp little hooves(蹄子) as of it happened yesterday.
My heart beat in fear and excitement as I 13with all my strength.The lamb was delivered with an outpouring, and I'd never seen14so beautiful.I was no 15to see ranch animals being born, but to have a hand16it was something I cherished then and will cherish forever.
Looking back, I'm so glad that I didn't 17to get my hands dirty.18I had, the miraculous moment and the precious memory would have been lost.These days I try to instill(灌输) that life lesson into my own 19 .Sometimes you need to get your hands a little dirty to experience something 20 and pure.
I can still remember it as if it happened yesterday. I was a college freshman and had 1 most of the night before, laughing and 2 with friends. Now just before my first class of the day my eyelids were feeling heavier and heavier and my 3 was dropping down to my desk to make my textbook a 4. A few minutes' nap (小睡) time before class wouldn't hurt, I thought.
BOOM! I 5 my eyes and looked around with my heart beating wildly trying to find the 6 of the noise. My young professor was looking at me with a 7 on his face. He had dropped his textbooks onto the teacher's desk 8. “Good morning!” he said, still smiling. “I am glad to see everyone is 9. Now let's get started.”
For the next hour I wasn't 10 at all. It wasn't from the shock of my professor's textbook alarm clock. It was 11 from the interesting discussion he led. With knowledge and good humor, he made the material 12. His words were full of both wisdom and loving-kindness. When the class was over, I left the classroom not only wide awake, but a little 13 and a little better as well.
I learned something far more important than not sleeping in class that day too. I learned that if you are going to do something in this life, do it well and do it with joy. What a wonderful world it would be 14 every teacher, doctor, cook, businessman, farmer and worker made their work an expression of their love. Don't sleepwalk through your life then. 15 up! Let your love fill your work. Life is too short not to live it well.
I used to be a very self-centered person, but in the past two years I have really changed. I have started to think about other people 1 I think about myself. I am happy that I am becoming a 2 person.
I think my 3 started when I was at Palomar College. At first, I just wanted to get my 4 and be left alone. I thought I was smarter than everyone else, so I hardly ever 5 to anyone in my classes. By the end of my first semester, I was really 6.It seemed as if everyone but me had made friends and was having fun. So I tried a(n)7.I started asking people around me how they were doing, and if they were having trouble I 8 to help. That was really a big 9 for me. By the end of the year, I had several new friends, and two of 10 are still my best friends today.
A bigger cause of my new 11 ， however, came when I took a part time job at Vista Nursing Home. One old lady there who had Alzheimer's disease became my 12.Every time I came into her room, she was so 13 because she thought I was her daughter. Her real daughter never 14 her, so I took her place. She let me 15 that making others feel good made me feel good too. When she died, I was 16 ， but I was also very grateful to her.
I think I am a much 17 person today than I used to be, and I hope I will not 18 these experiences. They have 19 me to care about other people more than about myself. I 20 who I am today, and I could not say that a few years ago.
Over the last 15 years, as a doctor, I have had heart-to-heart conversations with countless patients near the end of their lives. The most common emotion they express is1. And that's2I came up with a project to encourage people to write a3to their loved ones. It's a lesson I learned years ago from a memorable4patient.
He was a retired5with a cancer. Every day, his6spent many hours watching him watch television. She explained to me he had never been much of a7in their 50-plus years of marriage. But he seemed quite8to share his ideas with me,9when it became clear his days were10. He spoke of his deep regret for not having spent enough time with his wife, and of his great11in his son, who had joined the Navy in his father's footsteps.
One afternoon, when I mentioned these12to his wife and son, they looked disbelievingly at each other. They thanked me for being so kind but13my patient was unlikely to express such feelings. To make sure his family could hear his14, I took my video camera with me the next morning and with the patients'15, recorded an open letter from him to his family. When I gave them the16letter, both his wife and son were moved to tears.
The experience17my letter project, which can help people complete their life review tasks: remembering to those we may have hurt;18those who have hurt us and saying “I love you”. It may take much courage to write a life review letter. For some people, it19deep and troubling emotions.20it may be the most important letter you will ever write.
Here is a story about a student, who lost and regained his diary filled with private memories. Some were1memories from childhood when he felt hurt, confused, lonely and insecure. He has2fragments(片段) of dreams and personal3of anger and hatred, as well as things he4such as magic shops, coin dealers and Christmas reunion. Then a5thing happened. After dinner one night he realized that he had6his diary in the dining hall outside the campus. He was afraid that someone might7it and find out the truth about him, so he8back from the campus, only to find that it was gone.
Weeks passed, and eventually he gave up the9of ever finding it again. A month later, he was hanging up his jacket in the same place 10he saw his old brown diary, just where he had left it.11he flickered(快速翻阅) through the pages and found that a stranger had written this entry: “God bless you. I am a lot like you, only I don't keep a diary. I am 12to know there are others like me. I hope things 13well for you.
Tears came to his eyes. He had never 14that someone could know his inner feelings and also feel things just like the 15he did.
So whether you are rich or poor, brilliant or 16 attractive or plain, there are people like you. One of the most deadly17we have is that we are not satisfying others. Perhaps you feel you won't impress others18they are more confident, successful, intelligent or attractive than you. Such 19is misguided. Get rid of your fears of not measuring up, and20yourself as you are.
A professor in a university made his sociology students go into the poor areas of Baltimore to get case histories of 200 young boys. They were1to write an evaluation of each boy's future. In every 2 the students wrote, “He hasn't got a chance.” Twenty-five years later another sociology professor 3 the earlier study. He had his students 4on the project to see what had happened 5 these boys. With the 6of 20 boys who had moved away or died, the students learned that 176 of the 7180 had achieved more than ordinary success 8lawyers, doctors and businessmen.
The professor was 9and decided to pursue the matter 10. Fortunatelly, all the men were in the area and be was able to ask each one, “How do you 11”your success?” In each case the reply came with feeling.” There was a teacher.” The teacher was still 12so he sought her out and asked the old 13still sharp-minded lady 14 magic ways she had used to pull these boys out of the poor areas into successful achievement. The teacher's eyes15and her lips broke into a gentle smile. “It's 16very simple.” she said. “I loved those boys.”
So spread love 17 you go: first of all in your own house. Give love to your children, to your wife or husband, to a next door 18...Let no one ever come to you 19 leaving better and happier.20 the living expression of God's kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile, and kindness in your warm greeting.
Just several days ago, a violent storm hit our community. I looked out of the window and witnessed a tree being1 by the fierce winds. The branches bent, and swayed back and forth, thanks to their 2 to avoid breaking. The leaves desperately stuck to the branches because their life3 the tree. The powerful trunk that 4 the tree upright bent slightly backwards from the force in a battle to 5 its position.
After the storm had passed, the tree gracefully returned to its 6 position standing tall among the chaos. It managed to7 the storm. It didn't look the same as leaves had shed from its branches and the soil had loosened a bit, but what 8 is that the tree won the fight for its life.
For a long time I couldn't understand why this tree9 my attention the way it did. As time passed, it became10 that it wasn't just about the tree but about the roots, which, although unseen, dig deep into the soil providing11 and nutrition. The roots allow the tree to be able to take a 12 because they are there to support them.
I couldn't but ask myself how deep the roots are in my life.13 the next time you catch your kids 14 when the job is driving you crazy, when you are underpaid and the15 is tight, and when the storms of life are raging, go back to your roots. Life is full of16.They will make you sway, make you17make you lose some leaves but the deeper your roots the stronger you stand.
Faced with18 you might bend but don't break. No matter how hard the wind blows don't let life 19 you into an uncomfortable position. Your 20 lies in your roots.
I believe that we can have a big effect on anyone with whom we come into contact. Some acts that we think 1 can shape someone else's future. The right words at just the right time can 2 change someone's life.
Years ago, that was what happened to me. I was the only 3 child at Blue Elementary School. From almost the first day there, the other kids 4 me mainly because of my hearing aid and the way I talked. And I also had 5 with most of my schoolwork. When the other kids laughed at me. I was sure that I was a 6 person. I saw myself as a boy who wasn't smart enough to 7 the class.
Mrs Jordan, my 5th grade teacher, 8 all of that with a simple three-word phrase. One morning, she asked the 9 a question. I read her lips from my front-row seat and immediately raised my hand 10 I was sure I had the right answer. But when she called my name, I was 11. Here was an opportunity to impress the powerful teacher and 12 her I was worthy of her love. Maybe I would even impress my classmates a little. I didn't want to blow it. 13 my fears, I took a deep 14 and answered Mrs Jordan's question.
I will never forget what 15 next. Mrs Jordan enthusiastically slammed(猛击) her right foot on the 16, and with sparkling eyes and a wide smile she 17, "THAT'S RIGHT STEPHEN!" For the first time in my young life, I was a star. I 18 a little taller in my chair.
From that day forward, my grades and speech 19 greatly. My popularity among my peers increased. It was all because Mrs Jordan believed in me and wasn't afraid to 20 it.
I met Mrs. Neidl in the ninth grade on a stage-design team for a play and she was one of the directors. Almost instantly I loved her. She had an unpleasant voice and a direct way of speaking, 1 she was encouraging and inspiring. For some reason, she was impressed with my work and me.
Mrs. Neidl would ask me for my 2. She wanted to know how I thought we should 3 things. At first I had no idea how to answer because I knew 4 about stage design！But I slowly began to respond to her 5. It was cause and effect：She believed I had opinions, so I began to 6 them. She trusted me to complete things, so I completed them perfectly. She loved how 7 I was, so I began to show up to paint more and more. She believed in me, so I began to believe in myself.
Mrs. Neidl's 8 that year was, “Try it. We can always paint over it 9!” I began to take 10. I had been so afraid of failing but suddenly there was no failing—only things to be 11 upon. I learned to dip my brush into the paint and 12 create something.
The shy, quiet freshman achieved success that year. I was 13 in the program as “Student Art Assistant” because of the time and effort I'd put in. It was that year that I 14 I wanted to spend the rest of my life doing stage design.
Being on that stage-design team 15Mrs. Neidl changed me completely. Not only was I stronger and more competent than I had thought, but I also 16 a strong interest and a world I hadn't known existed. She taught me not to 17 what people think I should do. She taught me to take chances and not be 18. Mrs. Neidl was my comforter when I was upset. Her 19 in me has inspired me to do things that I never imagined 20.
When I was a child, I loved to go fishing with Dad. But the only thing that wasn't very1about it was that I couldn't catch anything. I usually got pretty2and kept asking him why. He3answered," Son, if you want to catch a fish, you have to think like a fish." I remember being even more upset then because I didn't4how to think like a fish. Besides, I5, how could what I think6what a fish does?
As I got a little older I began to7what Dad really meant. So, I read some books on fish. And I even joined the local8club. I learnt that a fish is a cold-blooded animal and therefore is very9water temperature. That is why fish prefer10water to deep water because the former is11.Besides, water is usually warmer in direct sunlight than in the12. Yet, fish don't have any eyelids and the sun13their eyes. The more 1 understood fish, the more I became effective at finding and 14them.
When I grew up and15the business world, I remember hearing my first16say, "We all need to think like sales people." But it didn't completely make17. My dad never once said, "If you want to catch a fish you need to think like a18. What he said was, "You need to think like a fish." Years later, with great efforts to19long-term services for people much older and richer than me, I gradually20what we all need is to think more like customers. It is not an easy job.
Have you seen people who take pictures of food for more than 10 minutes before eating? How about those who beautify their selfie (自拍) so much that they can't be1? There must be one or more who2in your social media. No matter3they choose to share, they share the best but the most unreal.
Take my friend Chen. Every time we went to a restaurant, she would not take a4until all the dishes we5were on the table. Then, she would spend five minutes on6the dishes in a seemingly random but in fact7order. Then the most important part: taking pictures. After that, she would choose one of the8and click in the filter(滤镜) app. The food eventually looked 10 times more delicious than it really was, but we had no9to really enjoy it— it all went cold. Actually Chen's real life is much less elegant. For example, she hates to wash the dishes, so she leaves them in the sink for10.
Many people care too much about others' opinions and try too hard to 11others. They find it hard to be12and to accept themselves, and thus they are afraid to show their 13life on social media. What they are trying to prove is14what they lack in reality. But this will not bring any15 to reality, as they still16the same old pattern of life.
If they really want an elegant life, they should put more17into achieving it18fabricating(伪造) it. Being more confident,19themselves and trying their best to be better is much more meaningful than20their life on social media.
Near midnight, my wife and I were driving home from the University of Illinois, where our son Randy was studying. I 1 what on earth had made us travel there and back. All for 2 !
For weeks Randy had been telling me how much he loved playing football, so I felt a sudden urge (冲动) to be there. Just several 3 earlier I saw him at the field. I was excited. Randy 4. "The other team gives up. Not enough players."
I tried to 5 my disappointment. No big deal, 6 you'd just driven three hours to get here. On the way back home, I couldn't help thinking the whole 7 had been foolish.
Ahead I saw a bridge over the Fox River when a 8 memory flashed back. As Boy Scouts (童子军) , we made a journey down the 9 one autumn. Dad pulled over, 10 me at the boat and said goodbye. I wish Dad could see me, I thought.
About a mile downriver we came to a bridge. I looked 11 and there he was! Instead of 12 instructions or doing anything embarrassing, he simply 13 until we passed underneath. All the boys were waving back, but no one was 14 to see him than I was. He had gone the extra mile to show me his 15. All these years later it never 16 me.
Now I 17 across the bridge in the darkness, imagining Dad standing there, waving, still 18 me. At last I understood the most 19 thing I could do for my children-just be there, even if it 20 going the extra mile, the way my dad did, cheering me on.
Have you ever been sad because of failure? Please remember, for often, achieving what you set out to do is not the most important thing.
A boy decided to dig a 1 hole behind his house. As he was 2, a couple of old boys stopped by to have a (n) 3. "What are you doing？"asked one of the 4. "I want to dig a hole all the way through the earth!" the boy 5 excitedly. The older boys began to 6, telling him that digging a hole all the way through the earth was 7. After a while, the boy picked up a jar (罐子). He 8 it to the visitors. It was full of all kinds of stones and insects. Then he said calmly and 9, "Maybe I can't finish digging all the way through the earth, 10 look at what I've found during this period!"
The boy's goal was far too 11, but it did cause him to go on. And that is what a goal is 12 —to cause us to move in the 13 we have chosen, in other words, to cause us to keep working!
Not 14 goal will be fully achieved. Not every job will 15 up with a success. Not every dream will come true. But when you 16 short of your aim, maybe you can say, "Yes, but look at 17 I've found along the way! So many wonderful things have 18 my life because I tried to do something!" 19 is in the digging that life is lived. It is the joy on the 20 that really makes sense.
For lots of people, the holidays are about helping the less fortunate.1than buying present for each other, a group of friends in a Vermont snowboard(单板滑雪) group like to go to their 2homeless shelter and give them a day to 3. They begin preparing at the4of the snow season by asking people who come to the mountain to 5 old winter clothing like jackets, boots, gloves, and hats. Then the group6the shelter to distribute (分发) the things.
Says Jay, 18, one of the 7, "We tell them, 'Now you guys are coming with us and we're going to teach you how to 8 or snowboard all day for free. 'It's awesome(极好的)to know that we are able to take their minds 9the stress in their lives for one day." For this group, working together to help the homeless makes their relation10. They feel like a part of each other's lives in a 11way.
It may sound no wonder until you try it, but doing something for charity(慈善) can really help you12better about the whole experience of giving. That's because it benefits for the 13as well as the recipient (接受者) -you're left with a feeling of belonging and being connected. 14to help an organization or group that fits with your15and the things you believe in. If you love children, buy a present for a child in need. 16 animals are your things you like, talk to your local animal shelter, distribute (分发)staples (主食) like pet food to low-income pet 17over the holidays. If you18a grandparent and would like to spend time with the elderly, 19 out at a nursing home over the holidays. Or share a special skill. If you're good at doing something with your 20, you can help build or paint houses for people in need.
When I was tidying out my drawers, I happened on a few diaries that I'd kept long before. The writing showed a youthful or rather 1 hand. I casually took up one to have a look. "today the teacher 2 the results of the term examinations. To my greatest surprise, I was ranked no. 5 on the list, the first time I've failed to achieve no. 1. I was so depressed that I 3bitterly and kept myself from supper. I must punish myself, for it is the greatest 4 I've suffered in my life. "
At this I couldn't help 5. I could 6 remember what the actual situation was like. For more than a decade since then, I've suffered lots of failures, any one of which is much 7 than an examination failure.
Then I turned over to a new page and read the following.
"I was very 8 today. I wonder why Mum should have done so. Isn't she my mum, my blood relation? I really want to 9 her. In a few days I'll take part in college entrance examinations. I'll apply for 10 to colleges or universities in other provinces far from home. When I go, I'll never come home again. "
This 11 astonished me. I tried my best to recall what my mother had done 12 me so much. But however hard I tried, I still failed to call it to mind.
I glanced over several pages and the entries showed what was termed as" very painful" or "most unforgettable" things are 13 significant, or even laughable from today's point of view. Then I picked up a new one. Opening it, I saw on its title page the following.
To the one I love most:
Your love will 14 me all my life.
My love for you will never change.
It reminded me of someone—a vague (模糊的) 15 emerging before my eyes—the boy sharing a desk in class with me. I used to look on him as the whole of my life. But since we left school, I've never met him again. I know nothing about him: where he is now or what he is doing. All I know is that his love doesn't keep me company 16 my love has already changed.
Having undergone so many changes of persons and things, I've come to realize that nothing in the world is 17. Not only nice cheerful things will go, painful and troublesome things will also 18. And you'll find the easiest to change is none 19 you yourself, and what remains unchanged is only the childish 20for nice things.
Do you remember the last time you spoke to your mother and expressed how much you love her? If you do, when? I am1if it was only me but we that tend to have the habit of avoiding2 how important our parents are to us.
I am not3to expressing how much I love my parents. It is not because I am 4about telling it, but because I don't feel like saying it.
But that 5the moment I learned that my mother had been6 with stage 3breast cancer in November 2016. We followed all her7advice. For two years, she continued to fight against the big C, going through the 8 of chemotherapy(化疗) and all.
People around did everything they could to help her— 9 h and mentally. Her co-church goers, uplifting her spiritually whenever she felt like10, became more than a family to us. All through her journey, I've 11how these people became a part of her. I couldn't be too12 for their generosity.
However, after nearly two years of 13, that day finally arrived on March 25, 2018. It wasn't easy to_14. It wasn't easy not to15 l_ what she had done for me and my siblings. I know it isn't too late to 16 all the things a mother had done to their children. However, only when they aren't around us can you notice it 17.
This is one of the things we tend to18to appreciate whatever our parents do to us. l know it isn't late for those whose 19are still around them. Let them know how much you appreciate all their20. All they have done in your life is just to make sure you are in good condition.
One of my teammates said it best on our last day of the season: "Guys, you are my family. We are all brothers." Our tennis team is more than just a group of individual players thrown 1; there is a friendship 2 by no other group with which I have been involved. We are 3, yet connected. We have student-athletes from all four years of high school, from different parts of the city, and from different families and social 4 . Nevertheless, we are all 5 by a shared love of tennis. The tennis team6 to me because it contains two things that I treasure most: tennis and 7 .
Ever since I was ten years old, the 8 aspect of tennis attracted me to an otherwise physical sport. My first tennis coach always used to say, "Tennis is 10% physical and 90% of mental."
9the mental strength to stay 10 and controlled under pressure, skills are 11. Sometimes I feel like I have two 12 in a match: me against the person on the other side of the net, and me against the person inside my head, telling me to hit a better shot.
However, despite the 13 pressures of tennis, the brotherhood 14 by working together as a team helps spread the 15 of the pressure over an entire group. We 16 each other on and off the court. We do this because we have become a/an 17 away from home. I play my best tennis when I have my team's full support, 18 in the knowledge that they are always backing me 19. I know that each one of us puts everything we have into every 20 whether we are playing or cheering.
It was a cold and rainy day in March. Across the room in the retail store where Mandy 1, sat Laura, a woman about Mandy's age. Other workers did not 2 Laura; they thought of her as 3 and so did Mandy.
But sweeping the 4 from her eyes, Mandy made up her mind to say something kind to Laura. Finally, she managed, “Do you know, Laura, that I've worked in this room with you for several years? And 5 I glance up every time, I see your head silhouetted(使呈现轮廓) against the window there behind you. I think you have the prettiest profile and hair that I have ever 6 on anybody.” Her words were not false 7. She meant it.
Laura looked up and said, “That's the first kind word anybody has ever 8 to me since I've worked here.” After that, they often talked to each other after work. Through their 9 Mandy realized that Laura's coldness was not 10 arrogance, but to shyness. They soon became friends. Other colleagues soon began to 11 Laura in their activities, and she blossomed like a flower that, for the first time, had found sunlight. The right words made all the 12 when spoken in kindness.
Words carry the 13 to tear down or to build up. When they are both sincere and kind, they are instruments that 14 great power. Never ignore the potential and power of 15.
My wonderful daughter made me a birthday cake at noon using her own special combination of creativity and love. It was huge and I1myself the biggest piece. With the first2I closed my eyes and smiled. So delicious! It had countless calories and it was so delicious3being necessarily nutritious（没有必须的营养）. I didn't mind, though. I tasted every bite and4a few scoops of ice cream as well. My sons and I finished every bit of it. When we were done our5were full, our souls were satisfied, and dinner was6four hours away（仍有四个小时）. We had followed that wise7of a happy existence: "Life is short. Eat dessert first!"
I have spent too many years of my life8the desserts I was given until everything else was done. Like far too many people in our society, I thought that work came9 , duty came second, and10was somewhere way down the list（放在最后）. I saw a truth: "We work to live but we live to love." Without all the simple pleasures life can bring, our existence becomes a11and painful journey.12, I finally realized that when you put joy first in your life, everything else13so much sweeter（尝起来更甜）.
Don't put off the simple joys that life can14. Shine your smile. Spread your sunshine. You will be amazed at how15life will be when you "Live to Love" while you "Work to Live".
