Smith, an old man, lived in the middle of the town. One day he found his watch1in his own store. It 2a lot to him because it was from his wife. After searching3in the store for a long while, he 4to ask for help from a group of children playing outside the store. He5them that the person who found it would be rewarded. 6this, the children hurried inside the store, went through and around the 7store, but still could not find the watch.
Soon the man felt hopeless and wanted to8. A little boy went up to him and asked for another9 . The man looked at him and thought, “ Why not? 10, this kid looks sincere enough.”11the man sent him back in the store. After a while the boy 12 with the watch in his hand! The man was very13, and he asked the boy how he found it while the others had 14 . The boy replied, “I did nothing but sat on the ground and 15 .Then I heard the ticking (嘀嗒声) of the watch and just looked for it in that 16.”
We usually do something in a hurry and don't think about our own needs, which can't bring peace into our mind. 17 we need to think about ourselves and keep peaceful for a while, which can produce a 18 result. So allow a few minutes of 19 to your mind every day, and see how it helps you deal with your work and make 20as you expect to!
A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For long he had 1a fancy sports car in a shop. Knowing his father could 2 afford it, he told him 3was all he wanted.
As Graduation Day4, the young man waited signs of buying the car. Finally,5the morning of his graduation, his father called him into his private study and told him how6 he was to have such a fine son, and how much he loved him. Then he handed his son a beautiful wrapped(被包着的)gift box. Curious, but somewhat7, the young man opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Bible, with his name carved in gold.8, he shouted to his father “With all your money you give me a 9?”and 10out of the house, leaving the Bible.
Many years passed and he had not seen his father 11that graduation day.12his father was very old, he thought perhaps he should go home to see him. But 13he could make the arrangements, he received a telegram telling him his father had 14. When he arrived,15sadness and regret filled his heart. He searched through his father's important papers and saw the still16Bible, just as he had left it years ago. With tears, he opened the Bible and began to turn 17. Suddenly, a car key dropped from the back of the Bible. It had a tag with the 18of his graduation, and the words “PAID IN FULL”.
How many times do we 19blessings because they are not packaged as we expected? We don't realize the good fortune we have or we could have because we expect “the packaging” to be 20.
For a few years, I have been wearing a ring on my right hand. It's not always the 1 ring, but it's always a ring that has 2 on it so that when I look at it, I'm 3 or reminded of something important. I have made a4 of buying rings like this whenever I see one in a store. Sometimes I give them away as 5 to someone like Jennie. I first met Jennie in the 6 waiting room and we had talked several times. One night I sat down beside her and 7 how her son was doing because I knew that he was in very 8 condition. She told me that she didn't know what to do anymore because it seemed none of the 9from the doctors was good. They weren't at all sure her son was going to 10 the accident that had him so badly. With 11 in her eyes she said, "They're 12my hope." I knew then that it was 13 just a coincidence(巧合)that I was wearing the ring that I had on that day. As she 14 to talk, I 15 slipped the ring off my finger and placed it in Jennie's hand. I told her to wear it to remember that God loved her and He would be with her 16 all of this. 17 Jennie looked down at the ring, she got excited and then held it tightly, 18 the word written on the ring was "HOPE". The last day I was at the hospital, I saw Jennie in the distance as I got on the lift. She 19and held up the hand with the ring on it as she called out to me saying, "Look, I 20 have Hope!"
I had never known a Christmas when we could ask for a special gift and actually expect to get it. The Great Depression (大萧条) of the 1930s really1 our farming community of Belleville, Michigan. Then came 1940; I was 7 years old and my brother, David, was 8. That year my father got a(n)2 job, and David and I were asked to choose the one 3we most wanted to get that year. I 4 a teddy bear. David asked for a bicycle.
5, Christmas morning arrived. There under the tree, with a big red bow around his neck, was my teddy bear. David's6 , however, was not there. I7 how my parents could make my wish come true but not my brother's.
“I8something,” my father said, as he went into the other room. When he came back he was9a bicycle.
On David's face was a look of both delight and10. The bike was secondhand, which David didn't11, but it was a girls' bike. Boys did not ride girls' bikes. Personally, I wouldn't have 12if it had come with pink bows on it – it was still a bicycle.
David and I had been learning to ride on bicycles13from friends in the neighborhood. I was not as14a rider as he was, but I could15to get from point A to point B.
David was very16, letting me ride his new wheels often. He even17out a way to tie our Radio Flyer wagon to the bike so he could pull me and other kids up and down our road.
Now we could18 places that were once beyond convenient walking distance. That winter we took many long rides down the snowy back roads, with me on the handlebars or19behind in the wagon. That bicycle was the Christmas present and truly gave us an exciting new 20.
How far would you go to make a good impression at a new job? A college student in Alabama walked 22 kilometers in the 1 to get to his new job.
Walter Carr's 2 broke down the night before starting a new job at Bellhops, a moving company. Although he tried several times, Carr 3 to find a ride. Knowing he could not afford to 4 the job, he decided to walk and 5 how long it would take to walk to the job in Pelham 32 kilometers away. He left at midnight so that he could6it to the customer's house on time.
Carr had reportedly walked about 22 kilometers 7 the local police started to help the young man. After hearing his 8, they took him to breakfast. Then, they give him a 9 to the home of the customer Jenny Lamey, whom he was 10 to help move that morning, before the rest of the 11 arrived.
"I asked Carr if he wanted to go 12and rest until everyone else arrived," said Lamey in a Facebook post. "He 13 and said he could go ahead and get started." So, the family and Carr began 14 up the home, chatting along the way.
He told Lamey that he and his mother15 from New Orleans to Birmingham after losing their 16 in Hurricane Katrina, an extremely destructive and deadly one that 17the Gulf Coast of the U.S. in 2005.
"I just can't tell you how 18 I was by Carr and his journey. He is modest, kind, cheerful, hardworking and 19." Lamey shared the story of Carr on Facebook. It spread 20, moving many other all over the world.
I have always been a big girl. I am comfortable with my body but there is a price to pay for being1 .
In primary school, I was enthusiastic about gymnastics but I had to 2 my shortcomings by hours after hours of extra practice, going over every3. It took months to master the ribbon (带子), which I used to get in a terrible 4. However, I carried on and 5 greatly so that in 2015 I was in the National Championships Final.
Whenever I went up in a 6, I always got the sense that the 7 did not expect much from the overweight child before them. They 8 about my weight in low voices. One man9 said, "That's the ugliest leotard (紧身衣) I've ever seen and the elephant inside it isn't much10!"
I felt11 . Trying to smile away the tears, I decided to let my ribbon do the talking. I had worked particularly hard on my ribbon and it showed. On the first beat I knew it was to be 12. I was gliding on the music, each move under 13 control. Soon the 14 of the crowd turned to cheers. As I went into that last split leap, the crowd15. I turned to face them and found each one on their feet, applauding. It was incredible.
I was titled National Champion that year, but the best thing I got from hours of16 practice was the knowledge that my appearance cannot 17 who I am and should never limit what I can do. Society seems to18 that overweight people are unhappy with their weight and have little19, so they never amount to much. What a ridiculous guess! I believe I can achieve anything20 I am bigger than my body. Who wants to be ordinary anyway?
Once upon a time there was a(n) 1 where all the feelings lived: Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all the others, including 2 . One day it was announced to all of the feelings that the island was going to sink to the 3 of the ocean. So they were busy with preparing their boats to 4 .
But Love was the 5 one that stayed. She wanted to preserve the island until the 6 moment. When the island was 7 under, love decided it was time to leave. She began 8 for someone to ask for help. Just then Richness was passing by in a 9 boat. Love asked, "Richness, can I come with you on your boat?" Richness answered, "I'm sorry, but there are a lot of 10 and gold coins on my boat so there would be no room for you 11 ."
Next, Love saw Sadness passing by. Love said, "Sadness, please let me go with you." Sadness answered, "Love, I'm sorry, but I just need to be 12 now."
Love began to 13hopelessly. Then, she heard a14say, "Come Love, wipe your tears and go with me." It was an elder. Love felt so 15 and overjoyed that she 16 to ask the elder his name. When they arrived on land the elder went on his way. After a long while, Love suddenly 17 how much the elder 18 her.
Love then found Knowledge and asked, "Who was it that helped me?" "It was 19 ." Knowledge answered. "But why?" Love asked. Knowledge smiled answered, "Because only Time is 20 to understand how great Love is."
Michael is an Iraq and Afghanistan war veteran(老兵). Three years ago, he couldn't leave the house 1. He felt uncomfortable and anxious in 2places, but that all changed after he got his assistance dog Ojai.
"When my 3 wasn't with me, I was a mess. Because I get 4, I couldn't go into public by myself. However, I could go out on the subway or at a restaurant, 5 I had Ojai. I needn't 6 my wife for everything."
Ojai was 7 at Canine Companions for Independence, an organization that provides assistance dogs for people with 8. Like Ojai, these dogs can 9 dropped items, open and close doors, and know over 40 advanced commands. Among them, Labrador (拉布拉多犬) offers the best in 10, being versatile(多才多艺的), being big enough to meet the daily 11 like turning on a light switch, and being 12 enough to be able to fit easily on a plane or train and stay 13.
They begin training as puppies for 18 months to learn 14 socialization skills. Then, they returned to the main training center for another six months of further training with 15 instructors. When that's completed, about half of the dogs 16 with marks high enough to be 17 with a person who needs its help.
To Michael, Ojai is 18 the eyes, "Ojai and I are a(n) 19 ,so what I do he does, what he does I do. He is a loyal helper, a dedicated friend, and the 20 companion."
A Good Heart to Lean (倚靠) On
More than I realized, Dad has helped me keep my balance.
When I was young, I didn't want to be seen with my father. He was short and crippled (瘸), and when we 1 together, his hand on my arm for balance, people would look at us. It was 2 to coordinate (协调) our steps, and we didn't 3 much as we went along, just keeping silent 4 as we started out, he always said, "You set the pace (步伐). I will try to stay with you."
In my memory, my father went to work every day, rain or shine. He almost never 5 a day, even if others could not. Meanwhile he had to 6 the unkind laughter from others. When I think of it now, I am surprised at how much 7 it must have taken him to make a living under such 8. Although disabled, my father still tried to take part in activities in his own way. When a baseball team didn't have a manager，he kept it 9. He was a knowledgeable baseball fan and often took me to the 10. He also liked to go to parties, where he could have a good time 11 sitting and watching.
I now 12 that he took part in some things through me, his only son. He 13 me all the time. When I played ball, he "played" too. When I joined the Navy, he "joined" too. He was 14 to spend all his time staying with me.
He never talked about himself as an object of 15, nor did he show any envy (嫉妒) of the more fortunate. What he 16 in others was a "good heart'', and if he found one, the owner was good enough for him. Now that I am older, I believe that is a proper rule by which to 17 people, even though I still don't know exactly what a "good heart" is. Sometimes I wonder if he 18 my unwillingness during our walks. If he did, I am sorry I never told him how sorry I was, and how I 19 it. At such times I would put my hand on his arm to get my 20, and say, "You set the pace. I will try to stay with you."
A little boy almost thought of himself as the most unlucky child in the world because a disease made his leg lame (跛的). He1played with his classmates. When the teacher asked him to answer questions, he always2his head without a word.
One3the boy's father asked for some young trees from the neighbor. He wanted the4to plant a young tree each person in front of the house. The father said, “Whose young tree grows best, I will buy him or her a favorite 5.” Seeing his brothers and sisters watering the trees, however, the boy had an idea. He hoped that the tree he planted would 6 soon. So, after watering it once or twice, he never 7 it.
A few days later, when the little boy went to see his tree again, he was 8to find that it didn't fade but grew some fresh leaves. 9 the trees of his brothers and sisters, his tree was even greener. His father kept his 10, bought the little boy his favorite gift and said that from the tree he planted, he would become an outstanding 11 when he grew up.
Since then, the little boy slowly became12. One night, he lay on the bed but could not sleep. Then he got up and came to the 13. To his surprise, his 14 was splashing (喷洒) something onto his tree. 15 he understood — his father had been16 fertilizing (施肥) his small tree!
He returned to his room, 17running down. 18 passed. The little boy didn't become a botanist (植物学家), but he was elected President of the United States.
His name was Franklin Roosevelt. Love is the 19 nourishment (营养) of life. 20 it is just a drop of clear water, it can still help the tree of life thrive (茁壮成长).
No high schooler wants to spend nearly two months of senior year stuck in a hospital. But in 2019, that's just what happened to Emily Hontz. Instead of getting to do all the 1 stuff she had planned with family and friends, she experienced lengthy 2 at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), where doctors worked hard to control her Crohn's disease.
But a(n) 3 thing happened as Emily slowly walked the halls. She began feeling the stirrings (萌发) of a future career, 4 by the hospital's sensitive design. The layout of the floor seemed just 5 for staying active. The atrium (天井) added light, cheer and interest. There were even places to socialize with other 6. Suddenly, she had a vision of her professional future. "Being at CHOP gave me a 7: I wanted to create things that would 8 how people feel and make them comfortable and happy."
Natalie Hagerty, CHOP's senior director for facilities planning, said, "I am 9 to hear that Emily was inspired by CHOP. When she's 10for a job, she knows who to call."
"It takes a certain type of person to 11 positives from a negative experience. The Emily we know wouldn't just 12 something lying down," said Emily's older brother, David.
For now, Emily's Crohn's disease seems to be 13 with medication (药物治疗), and she's looking forward to designing her own 14 in the future.
"I think designing a children's hospital would be really cool," she said, "to be able to explain your 15 of how to make it a more comfortable, safe, and bright environment for kids – especially kids who are there long-term."
I was getting ready to head to my daughter's college to bring her home for New Year. The 1 was falling heavily and the land was silvered. I knew it wasn't going to be an easy drive.
Usually a three-hour round2, but I knew it was going to be a lot 3 today as I slowed my car to 4 the slippery roads. Once I was on the road, though, condition only worsened. I 5 slowed down but four-wheel trucks sped past me 6 huge showers of slush (融雪) onto my windshield. During the last twenty miles I suddenly found myself behind a very 7 winter driver. Instead of driving slow and adjusting, when he hit a slippery spot he braked hard and turned sharply all over the road. I had to 8 hard myself to keep from hitting him but unfortunately slid into a ditch (沟).
I tried pulling out again and again but could only hear9 tires. I was half-way out in the road and a truck sped by me, missing the car by inches. I looked about the car 10 and miraculously the car started to 11, even if it was almost being pushed out of the ditch. From the driving mirror I spotted a 12 , covered with snow, pushing my car as hard as possible. When I stuck out my hand to greet him with gratitude, he 13 signed me good luck, getting on his car.
Just as a famous writer Henry14 it, "He who walks in love may wander far. " Wherever you go then and however 15 your journeys may be, always remember that you are watched over by people with a love more powerful and more beautiful than you can ever imagine.
How do you kill your time when you go to work? Most of us stare at our cell phones, 1 to make eye contact with others. We just chat or play games online. Or maybe we're using the time between 2 to do our makeup, catch up on emails, or read a few chapters of a book. However, Dina Alfasi takes a very different 3.
Each day she has to travel hours on buses or trains to get to her engineering job at a hospital in Israel. Rather than look at her cell phone in silence, she uses one very special way to have 4 with strangers. It is portraits of the people she meets on public 5 every day that she is taking. The photographs 6 the tiny moments in the everyday lives of strangers. Some people lean their head against the window and go to sleep, some stare into space and have a 7, and others sit quietly to read their documents or books.
Fascinated by people she 8 every day, Dina Alfasi has been photographing unaware 9 for the past few years. It started 10 as a way to pass time during her daily commute (上下班), but it eventually became a 11 part of her artwork and life. Her award-winning photography has been 12 worldwide.
Dina told My Modern Met, "What 13 me very much are the little moments that happen every day. My work is to tell stories through a single portrait, and it 14 that all you need is just to look around and find those magic 15. "
Allan Maman likes thinking and problem-solving. When fidget spinners (指尖陀螺)first came out, he was extremely1 . As a young man of 17 years old, the constant2 of the spinner looked very interesting to him. He 3 some spinners online, and he found the products to be of poor 4 and overpriced.
Instead of waiting for someone else to5 it, Allan decided to make one. He found a blueprint (方案)online and used his high school's 3D printer to
6with. Then Allan asked his science teacher to help him learn how to use the7. He created his first fidget spinner and8 it with his classmates. They became so crazy about it. Everyone was9 to have one. So Allan started to make more fidget spinners.
With the orders rising, he bought his own 3D printer to meet the10. He worked long hours to11all of the orders. Then he and his friend, Cooper Weiss, 12to open an Instagram account, Fidget360, to attract 13 . It took off !
They ordered more 3D printers and14a shop in their basement. Allan and Cooper paid their school classmates to help assemble(组装)and 15 the orders. Soon, they needed even more help! 16, they found a company to make the17for them. All in all, they sold over ＄350, 000 worth of fidget spinners! Their 18was reported by many magazines and TV shows. Allan is now moving on to other19. His long-term goal is to create more great businesses and then give his20back to worthy causes.
One Thanksgiving Day, my best friend, Jane, and I found out our teacher Edward was having some financial(经济的) difficulties, we decided to help.
When Jane told her family about our plan, her mother was 1. Together they searched their house for things they could 2. Her mother pulled out a big turkey and saying, "Thanksgiving Day won't be 3 without a turkey dinner. "
Before 4 gifts, we said some words of appreciation for the wonderful chance to 5 others. I will never forget the 6 look of our teacher and his wife when they 7 the door; their four children stood around them as we handed out the gifts. It was a cold night. 8 , we all felt warm inside.
Last month 9 I was in a meeting, my secretary informed me, "Your high school teacher Mr. Edward is wondering if you could 10 him a few minutes. "
I left my meeting and went to my office 11. My teacher and I hugged and began to speak of the last 42 years. He told me he 12 remembered that cold winter night when we brought the 13 of Thanksgiving Day to his family. The food and gifts were certainly 14, but what warmed his heart that night was to see a group of teenagers who understood the 15 of Thanksgiving Day.
From my earliest childhood memories, my mother was my entire world. Each Sunday morning, I would be1by sweet smells around the house. Watching my mother2food was attractive. She was totally3so I never asked questions, and her behavior in-formed me that this wasn't a good time to4. My sisters and I would be seated at the5 and wait to get a taste of the cake.
The family meals kept us6together and gave us an opportunity to connect with each other. No subject was7as we ate. My father was an extraordinary storyteller and liked talking almost everything with us!8l, we possessed a gift of speech, like him.
My mother's life revolved around cooking for her9: She took it very10, no time for errors. There were no ruined meals or smoke clouding the11. l would always purposely observe her while she cooked. She was a12mother. She knew the economy of words, so when she gave chore13,we listened intently, to carry out the assigned task with success.
Looking back, my mom was the best version of herself. She exhibited excellent14is kills! There wasn't a measuring cup to be found. Cooking made her15! And her family made sure she was generously16after each amazing dinner course. Her dedication to cooking set me a good example. Driven to perfection and a model mother, I17at 8 that I would make nice food such as sweet potato pies like my mother.
Everyday, I am so thankful for my mother. Although she has been18for years, I think she is always by my side. Each time I cook, I prepare a lot of the food I grew up eating. My mother's focus on food19taught me a valuable lesson: Whatever your goals in life, perform them to the best of your abilities. Her20has allowed me to approach everything do with dedication.
I took a job as a receptionist for a pet doctor almost five decades ago. As an eager animal lover, I accepted the 1 on condition that I wouldn't have to assist with any wounded animals. I couldn't bear to see any creature in 2.
At the end of my first week, we were closing the office for the day when a young man ran up to us holding a severely 3 Doberman pinscher puppy (杜宾犬) in his arms and 4 us to save his life. The four-month-old puppy had been hit by a car. The doctor and I ran back into the 5 room. The doctor worked 6 for what seemed like hours, stitching (缝合) him back together again.
That was the 7 part. The puppy had broken many bones, including his backbone. Even if he 8 the next few days, we were quite sure he would never walk again.
That day forever 9 my life. The doctor guided me, and I became his 10 in all things medical. One of my first jobs was to give that Doberman puppy daily physical treatment. I remember moving his 11 legs to try to keep his muscles from weakening. Weeks went by until one day, I felt this little 12 push back ever so slightly. And he continued to push back till he could finally use his legs.
Fast-forward about a year, I walked into the clinic's crowded waiting room and called the name of the next client. 13, a huge Doberman standing quietly with his owner on the opposite side of the room broke loose and rushed toward me. I found myself 14 against the wall with this huge dog 15 on his back legs, his front paws on my shoulders, 16 my face with countless and 17 kisses!
I still tear up in 18 at the display of love and 19 the dog had for me that day all those years ago. I went on to be a pet doctor for 14 years until retirement. In all the time that has passed and all the experiences I have had, I've 20 met a dog who didn't know it had been rescued in one way or another.
It was just after sunrise on a June morning. “Nicolo,” whose real name cannot be 1to the public because of Italy's privacy laws, 2working the whole night at a factory in Turin. As he often did, he stopped by the “after work auction（拍卖）”3 by the Italian police where things 4on the trains were sold to the highest bidder. There, among many other things, Nicolo spotted two paintings he thought would look 5above his dining room table. Nicolo and another bidder 6until Nicolo finally won the paintings for $32.
When Nicolo retired and went to live in Sicily, he 7the paintings with him. He hung them above the same table he had 8from Turin. His son, age 15, who had 9an art appreciation class, thought that there was something 10 about the one with a young girl sitting on a garden chair. It was signed(签名) “Bonnato” or so he thought, but when he 11 it, he only found “Bonnard," a French 12he had never heard of. He bought a book and was13to find a picture of the artist Pierre Bonnard sitting on the same chair in the same14 as his father's painting.
"That's the garden in our picture," Nicolo's son told his father. They 15learned that the painting they16was called "The Girl with Two Chairs". They 17the other painting and learned that it was 18Paul Gauguin's “Still Life of Fruit on a Table with a Small Dog". The19called the Italian Culture Ministry; the official confirmed that the paintings were20and worth as much as $50 million.
Zhang Mengqiu, born in 2002, won two gold and three silver medals in all five events of the women's alpine skiing standing at the Winter Paralympic Games. She 1viewers by styling five different hairdos at award ceremonies to2her confidence, beauty, as well as optimism towards life.
Zhang, who suffered from functional movement disorder as a consequence of cerebral palsy (脑瘫), was3to Alpine skiing in Hebei para-team in 2016. Zhang's4speed was slightly slower than others due to her5disadvantage. When she first hit the slopes, Zhang6she was a slow learner.7, she decided to put in extra hours8to master the sport's skills, believing that "there are not many9battles one can meet in life, so you need to spare no effort before the battles."
A year later, Zhang was selected to the national team. With10and ambition, she began to11at international competitions, winning numerous major12. During the campaign13300 million people in winter sports in China, Zhang improved rapidly in recent years. "l am not good at14but I hope the gold can let more people know that efforts eventually will be turned into15" Zhang said.
From an early age, Parker always said that he would be an astronaut when he grew up. But no matter how hard he studied，he was never1to fly in space.2he grew over the maximum age for taking the selection tests. In other words, he would never be able to fulfill his 3.
Thinking about all the time and4Parker had put into trying to be an astronaut, people felt5for him. Despite what he was told about having to6his ambition, Parker continued training and studying,7he were going to have the tests next month.
He carried this on and on as he got8, and when he was a very old man he heard that they were doing some very important9experiments. For those experiments they needed a very10astronaut. Parker, who now walked with a11, was the only old man in the whole world who was12to fly in a rocket. Therefore, Parker found himself flying in13, all with the help of science.
It was clear that the14gained during those missions helped to cure one of the worst sicknesses for old people, and Parker was15as a hero.
Photos of the astronaut with a walking stick and no teeth16all over the world, and became a17of how you can never train or learn too much. It showed that18effort always brings19, even though it may not be in the form we had first20.
