【推荐2】A few years ago, I was working in a small office. I noticed that even though the ________ of the organization was not huge, we often worked in different teams. While everyone was friendly, there was a(n) ________ atmosphere in the workplace culture.

One week, I ________ to make people smile, but I wanted to do it quietly, perhaps in the hope of inviting a sense of trust or playfulness in the office ________. So one evening, I wrote a few quotes that had encouraged me over the years. The next________ . I went to work a bit early and ________ posted them by the sinks and ________ in the office restrooms. Maybe someone else would enjoy the ________ as much as I had, and perhaps they might just brighten their day, I thought.

For the next few months, some of the quotes got ________ but I noticed that some remained. So perhaps others ________ them, too. Finally, I finished my job with that organization and went to work in another ________.

A few years passed, during which I got ________ from my former boss and ________ every so often. A few months ago, I was ________ to a meeting with my former team to hear how the project I had worked on was going. ________ I no longer worked in this office, I had really ________ working with them, and was happy to see them all again.

Toward the end of the ________ I went to the restroom, and the quote that I had written was still up in the same spot by the mirror! What a ________! It read “The real ________ of discovery consists not in seeking new lands, but in seeing with new ________.”

【推荐1】When a dirty and untidy orange cat showed up in the prison yard. I was one of the first to go out there and pet it. I hadn't touched a cat or a dog in over 20 years. I spent _________ 20 minutes, kneeling down behind the kitchen as the cat _________ ，relaxed. What he was expressing outwardly, I was feeling inwardly. It was an（a） _________ bit of grace to feel him under my hand and note that I was _________ a life or another creature with something as simple as my care.

Over the next few days, there were other prisoners _________ the cat. Every yard period, a group of prisoners gathered there. They stood around talking and taking _________ petting the cat. These were guys you wouldn't _________ find talking to each other. Several times I saw an officer in the group, not chasing people away, but just watching and seeming to _________ along with the prisoners. Bowls of milk and water appeared along with bread, _________ placed under the edge of the dustbin to keep the birds from getting it.

The cat was obviously homeless and in pretty bad ____________ . People said that the cat came to the ____________ place. He's getting treated like a king. This was true, but as I watched I was also thinking about what the cat was doing for us. There was a lot of ____________ about what's wrong with prisons in America. We need more programs. We need more psychologists or ____________ of   various kinds. Some may even talk about making prisons more kind. But I think what we really need is a chance to ____________ our own kindness. Not receive it, but give it. After more than two decades here. I know kindness is not a ____________ that's encouraged. It's often seen as a weakness. Instead, the culture ____________ keeping your head down, minding your own business, and never letting yourself be ____________ .

It did my ____________ good to see the effect the cat had on me and the men here. By ____________ saying,"I need some help here", he did something important for us. He needed us. And we ____________   to be needed. I believe we all do.

【推荐2】When I was a young boy, our whole family lived in my grandma's old house right beside a set of railroad tracks. I can remember the whole house would_________when the trains rolled by. These trains were few, _________, so I often spent my summer afternoons walking down the_________. I can remember the first time I tried to walk on a _________   rail. The steel rails were very narrow so I didn't have many _________ to succeed. First I tried holding my arms out and_________my feet as I walked. This only led to me falling off after a few_________. I decided to walk backwards once but quickly fell and hurt my ankle. When I started looking_________, keeping my eyes forward I put one foot in front of the other and was soon walking with ease.

Looking back on this time I now realize that it also gave me a wonderful_________about living. You can't__________life watching every step you take or every__________you make. Looking behind you is even worse. With your eyes on the past you can't see the way ahead. You can only stand still and remain__________in your regrets. Only when you look ahead can you really move forward, see the life you want to lead, and the__________you want to make. Then each__________step you take and choice you make is__________with love and you will walk on with a light heart.

【推荐1】I usually start my day with a coffee from 7-Eleven. Every morning a ______young man in uniform ______ at the cashier’s area. It seems that he always works happily.

What ______ me was that he always seems happy. At first I thought he was just putting on a good face, making the best of a(n) ______ situation. After all, he couldn’t possibly ______ working at a store, right?

Later from our conversation I realized that I was ______ the biggest part of his appeal originally: He does enjoy his job, and that is the reason for his______. My life doesn’t always look like what I want it to be. I spend weekdays   ______ alone in my living room when I’d rather work in a beachside office with my friends. I drive a(n) ______ old Toyota when I’d prefer something that doesn’t have roll-up windows or a cassette player. But the world doesn’t ______ much even if I have more money, a different ______ , a better job or a nicer car. The way I feel about myself, how often I choose to smile ______ because it feels good — neither of these things ______ my living situation as a writer. This guy shows me that you can be who you want to be, no matter what your ______ looks like. Happiness is about how you treat the present situation, and how willing you are to enjoy simple ______ even if things aren’t perfect.

【推荐2】Terror attacked the heart of the World War I soldier，as he saw his lifelong friend falling in the battle．Caught in a trench（战壕）with________gunfire whizzing（飕飕地移动）over his head，the soldier asked his__________if he might go out into the “No Man's Land” between the trenches to bring his_______   partner back．

“You can go，”said the officer，“but I don't think it will be worth it．Your friend is___________dead and you may throw your own___________away．”

The officer's words didn't__________to him，and the soldier went anyway. Surprisingly he _______   to reach his friend，lift him onto his_________，and bring him back to their own trench．As the two of them    _______in together to the bottom of the trench，the officer____________the wounded soldier，and then looked kindly at his friend ．

“I told you it wouldn't be worth it，” he said．“Your friend is dead，and you are terribly wounded．”

“It was worth it，________，sir，” the soldier said．

“What do you mean by ‘worth it’?” _________the officer．“Your friend is dead!” “Yes sir，” the soldier answered．“But it was worth it because when I got to him，he was still ________，and I had the _______of hearing him say，‘Jim，I knew you'd come．’

Many a time in________，whether a thing is worth doing or not really depends on__________you look at it．Take up all your__________and do something your__________tells you to do so that you may not_______  doing it later in life．May each and every one of you be blessed with the company of_________friends．