【推荐1】Though there is much to be concerned about, there is far, far more for which to be thankful. Though life’s goodness can at times be overshadowed (黯然失色), it is _______ (打开) outweighed.

For every single act that is senselessly destructive, _______ are thousands more small, quiet acts of love, _______ and sympathy. For every person who seeks to hurt, there are many, many more who _______ their lives to helping and to healing.

There is a goodness to life that _______ be denied. In the most remarkable views and in the smallest details, look _______, because that goodness always comes shining through. There is no _______ to the goodness of life. It _______ more abundant (宽裕的) each time you feel it. The _______ you experience and appreciate the goodness of life, the more there is to be lived.

Even ________ the cold winds blow and the world seems to be ________ in foggy shadows, the goodness of life lives________. Open your eyes, open your heart,       ________ you will see that goodness is everywhere. Though the goodness of life ________ at times to suffer hardships, it is always going on there. For in the ________ moment, it becomes vividly clear that life is a ________ treasure. And so the goodness of ________ is made even stronger by the very things that would go against it

Time and time again when you feared it was ________ forever: you found that the goodness of life was really only a /an ________ away. Around the next corner inside every moment, the goodness of life is the re to surprise and ________ you.

【推荐3】Sometimes people and things around you can remind you of yourself. I was ______ to my writing group with a book to read on the journey. Because it was an old book I didn’t want to “dog-ear” the pages, I ______ in my pockets for something to use as a bookmark. I placed a ten pound ______ between the pages.

Sitting on the bus I took the book out and was about to read but a young woman ______ me who was speaking on her cellphone drew my attention. She was talking to her brother. She wanted to know where he was, why he wasn’t where he was ______ to be, why he had ______ their mother again and whether he know that their mum had ______ in tears that morning because of him.

She kept it quiet but she didn’t pull any punches（留情）with him. She let him know exactly what she ______ him but I could ______ there was love under all the ______. She tried so hard to ______ this young man to come see his mother, but I got the ______ she was fighting a losing battle.

When she left the bus, I ______ behind her and ______ out the note in the book. “Excuse me,” I said. “Do me a ______, would you? Take this money and buy your ______ a box of chocolates or a bunch of flowers. And tell her a ______ man said that being a mother is the ______ but most important job in the world.”

Then I turned around and walked on, ______ if in some way I was saying a thank-you to my own mum. But I hoped I had raised a smile on the face of a mother ______ for her child.

【推荐1】I was successful at my job and had worked my way up to department director. _________, one afternoon last May, I was called to the office, and it was explained to me that they were letting me go. I just sat there _________ they talked on and all I could think was, “I’ve _________.” I’d been so well respected, but _________ I was of no value.

For six weeks, I was in a very _________ place. I wandered around my house like a zombie (僵尸). I could _________ things needed doing, but would not do anything. My beliefs in looking forward deserted me.

Then, in late June, my youngest son’s football team _________ the city cup final. The year before, he’d been very sad when I _________ the same final, so he was delighted when I told him I’d go. Not only did they win, but the look on his face as he saw me cheering him on _________ with joy. From then on, I spent the summer enjoying my sons and their passions. I attended match after match and performances of my elder son’s band — I __________ went to another city to watch him play. These moments were so __________. My life had been so much devoted to __________ for so long, and I felt __________ that my sons were happy to welcome me into their world.

__________, being unemployed gave me back a sense of purpose — I was someone’s mum! I felt a sense of being __________ again. Now I feel more positive about my professional experience and I’m getting on better with my family than I ever have.

【推荐2】It was a Saturday a few summers ago. My daughter and I went swimming in our pool. That day was like most others, _______ I had no way of knowing it would ______ in our family history. It is a memory that we ______ and still talk about from time to time.

The sun was setting and the _______ was approaching. From the shallow end of our pool, my daughter _______ that, right about eye level, a spider (蜘蛛)was ______ its web by the pool. And it surprised me that she was not ________ of the spider. Instead, she ______ watched as the spider was busy with the cycle of life.

As we both ______ this wonder of nature, a(n) ______ hit me. I had lost track of time. I didn’t know ______ we had been just standing there and watching that spider spinning (织网) its web. But ______ what amount of time had passed, the ________ was that my daughter and I were simply having fun. We were having fun ______ doing anything really big or special. However, in contrast, I believe that by sharing this ______ of watching the spider, both of us were just satisfied as if we had done something very ______.

Remember that the   ______   things are the best things in our life. We need to spend some time together with our family   ______ such things in life. More importantly, we need to   ______ some time to talk about life with our family. If we do this, we will have special _______ that will last a life time.

【推荐3】A few years ago, an elderly woman entered my video store, along with her daughter. The_______was displaying a serious case of impatience, _______her watch every few seconds. If she had possessed a leash（绳子）, her mother would have been_______to it as a means of pulling her along to_______the rush of other shoppers.

I walked over and asked_______I could help her find something. The woman smiled up at me and showed me a_______on a piece of paper._______rushing off to find the DVD for the woman, I asked her to_______with me so I could show her where she could find it and I wanted to enjoy her_______for a moment. As we walked along the back of the store, I________its floor plan: old television shows, action movies, cartoons, science fiction. The woman seemed glad of the unrushed “trip” and________conversation.

I said to her daughter, “________some advice?” “Of course not,” said the daughter. “Cherish（珍爱）________,” I said. “When she’s gone, it’s the little________that come back to you. Times like this. I know.” It was________.I still missed my mom and remembered the times when I'd used my impatience to make her________.

Together they made their way toward the store's resting area. They sat there for a moment, side by side, ________the holiday crowds. Then the daughter glanced over and immediately________her mother lovingly. And slowly she placed her arm with________unaccustomed affection around her mother's shoulders and________guided her back into the crowd.

【推荐2】Last week I met a homeless man over the phone when I was calling Father Benno’s, a soup kitchen（贫民救济处）. I invited him to have lunch with me at the Soup Plantation   _______ he could eat as much as he wanted to fill his stomach, I felt ________ inside made me invite him to lunch. Since he did not have a ________, I offered to pick him up.

We had a ________ four-hour lunch. I learned a lot about his ________ but more importantly, I left lunch feeling ________ for a roof over my head, warm shower, comfortable bed, and food on the table-all of which we may not ________ twice about. He, too, ________ the connection, his lunch, and a rest from spending his afternoon on the streets.

I learned long ago that one person alone cannot ________ the homeless epidemic（泛滥）in California or the U.S. ________, each person can make an effort to ________ the homeless in their own way. Did you know that 40% of the U.S. population get salary that barely cover the ________ living expenses. Should a ________ emergency or burden occur, any one of those 40% can end up ________ on the streets.

For this holiday season, perhaps you may want to ________ something new to help the homeless. Buy a meal for the person asking for money instead of giving him spare ________. If you can make the time and find courage, invite them to ________ a meal with you. Jesse Jackson once said, “Never look down ________ anybody unless you are helping them up,” and Rumi ________ us, “When we practice loving ________ and sympathy, we are the first one to profit.”