【推荐3】Five days before Christmas, police officer Lima was sent to a local Stop and Shop for a reported theft. The accusation was that two females were scanning (扫描) some items at the self-checkout but________ other items and bagging those items. The two females and two children were already________ by Loss and Prevention over there.

Lima had two girls himself, similar in age to the two girls there, so it ________ him a little bit. Lima________ the receipt for the items they had paid for. There was nothing else like health and beauty items on it. The items were all ________ —things bought just to stuff themselves. Then he asked an employee where the other items were that they had planned to take and was informed they were put back on the ________.

Obviously, this family was in real need. While Lima firmly ________ following the law, he decided to cut them a break and not to ________.

The two-females, ________, were very grateful but kind of ________ because generally, in that same situation there would probably be a different ________ and they'd be arrested.

Lima took things a step further in an effort to ________ the family. He gave them $200 gift card, telling them not to get things in illegal ways any more.

“I purchased the gift card close to the value of what would have been ________,” said Lima. “I did what I felt was ________.I just tried to show a little ________ to the extent permitted by law.”

【推荐2】Running for a Dream

I will never forget that November day. It was hotter than normal. This was the ______ my father and I had waited so long for, because we had been working towards this race for three years. Dozens of familiar faces from church and school flashed across my view. They had come for me. I saw worry and ______ on my father’s face. Then the race began!

For the first two and a half miles, I felt great. I had never before been so ready for something. The weeks leading up to the race were filled with controlled ______ and a strict diet. My friends hadn’t seen me in weeks, but they ______ the sacrifice (牺牲) required to make my dream a reality. As in all of my races, I didn’t ______ out in the front. I loved the pleasure of passing people as my strength overtook their premature (过早的) speed.

Then without warning, my strength began to decrease. Neck and neck with one of my greatest competitors, I could see the finish line. I had begun the final dash into ______ when my knees became weak and my legs gave way. Nothing I could do would make them ______ my weight.

I watched as runners rushed by me. Although I knew my dreams of victory were destroyed, I had to finish the race. However, my legs hurt badly. With all of the ______ left in me, I got on my hands and knees and crawled (爬), inch by inch, across the finish line. Voices, both foreign and_____ cheered me on. They gave me the courage to keep going until the very end.

The doctors were there in seconds, but my eyes searched the crowd for him. There was only one person I wanted to ______ to. I whispered, “I’m so sorry, Dad. I’m so sorry I ______ you.” He looked at me, saying, “You could never disappoint me. Sometimes these things just ______. All that matters is that you did your best.”

“But we worked so ______. What about our dream?” He reached over for my hand and said, “Don’t you know that you are my dream and it has come true?”

It wasn’t long before my running shoes were back on, marking a ______ path for my journey. I learned that all of the miles, the tears, the sweat, and the pain my dad and I experienced together were not for a ______. What I realized, though, was that to him, I was the greatest prize he had ever won.

【推荐3】A friend who was in low spirits wrote me a letter a few weeks ago. His life was full of problems. His heart was full of anxieties.

He ended his letter to me with this question: “We can’t really change this crazy world we live in. can we?” I answered him immediately, “Yes, we most ________ can!”

I can still remember such a teacher who ________ me to change my world. She was a music teacher at my elementary school, the guitarist at our church, and a family friend.

I adored her very much, ________ to impress her deeply. However, I had no talent at any instrument. Besides, my singing was quite ________, though it is enthusiastic.

One day she asked me to try playing her guitar. I did my best but always made mistakes. When I was done, I ________ my head down, feeling upset. “I guess I am not very good,” I told her.

She looked at me with her kind eyes, smiled, and said: “We are all good at something. You just need to ________ what you are good at. Then you can share it with the world.”

Those simple words ________ me. They planted a seed in my ________ that continues to grow to this day. I came to realize that I had something wonderful to ________ to others.

I had something inside me that was good and that could change this world for the ________. I just had to find it, bring it out and share it. And that is what I have tried to do all of the years since that ________ day.

________, can you change the world? Yes, you can! You can ________ your strength to make the world around you better. In your daily life, you can change it, just with one choice, or one kind act at a time. ________ you have to do is share your goodness. All you have to do is ________ your love. Make your love great then! Live well! Do good! Change the world!