Every summer, Jimmy’s beach restaurant receives lots of diving lovers from all over the world. One day, an urgent call came in. A newly married woman, who had spent the afternoon at the beach restaurant for her honeymoon, couldn’t find her wallet. Having turned the whole hotel room upside down, she realized the restaurant was the most likely place where she had lost it.
Near to a breakdown, she sobbed on the other end of the line, “I don’t care about my ID, credit cards, or $150 in cash, but my wedding ring is inside!”
Jimmy didn’t like the idea that a theft could have occurred at his place. So he set out to find the wallet. He spent hours searching 16 different surveillance cameras (监控) watching the woman’s every step in the restaurant until she went to sit on a bench right outside and left when her ride arrived. Soon, boy in rags approached the bench, shoved (乱塞) something in his pocket, and walked off. Considering that the boy looked more of a kid than a criminal, Jimmy posted a video clip on the restaurant’s Facebook page and said, “I don’t want to punish him. I Just ask if anybody knows who the boy is.”
Within hours, Jimmy got a text from 14-year-old Tony, who’d heard about the post from his sister. Tony admitted having taken the wallet. So poor was his family that they hadn’t eaten in two days. Desperate and helpless, he took the wallet from the bench the moment he caught sight of it. He said he saw the ring but thought it was fake, so he took the money and threw the wallet into the water. Then he bought some sandwiches for his family. Out of sympathy, Jimmy replied, “I see, but the ring means the world to the new couple. Where did you throw it off? Just tell me the exact spot.” However, there was no reply.
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The next day, outside the restaurant stood a boy, wet all over.
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Moved by his honesty, Jimmy decided to help him find the ring.
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A freezing downpour washed the street in front of the small-town bar. I sat gazing into the watery darkness, alone as usual. I had been in that old bar for half an hour, quietly drinking, when my thoughtful eyes finally focused on a medium-sized lump (一团) in a puddle (水洼) a hundred feet away. For another ten minutes, I looked out through the window trying to decide if the lump was an animal or just something.
The night before, a German dog named Shep had come into the bar begging for potato chips. He was starving and just the size of the lump in the puddle. Why should a dog lie in a cold puddle in the freezing rain? I asked myself. The answer was simple: Either it wasn’t a dog, or it was, he was too weak to get up.
The wound in my right shoulder ached all the way down my fingers. I didn’t want to go out in the storm. Hey, it wasn’t my dog. It was just a stray on a cold rainy night, a lonely drifter (流浪者). So was I, I thought, as I tossed (扔) down what was left of my drink and headed out the door.
He was lying in the three inches of water. When I touched him, he didn’t move. I thought he was dead. I put my hands around his chest and raised him to his feet. He stood unsteadily, and his head hung like a weight at the end of his neck. His floppy ears were just hairless pieces of flesh dotted with open sores (伤口).
“Come on, Shep,” I said, leading him to a corner next to the bar, where he lay on the cold cement and closed his eyes. A block away I could see the lights of a late-night convenience store. It was still open. I bought three cans of dog food and fed him. He couldn’t swallow but poorly look at me. He was dying!
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The local vet (兽医) was still at his office, so I loaded the poor creature into a taxi and headed there.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Three days later, when I opened the door of the vet’s, Shep welcomed me with wild enthusiasm.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________I looked around the crowded waiting room at the hospital and sighed. Would the doctor be able to see my eight-year-old son next? I tried steadying the ice pack(冰袋) over his forehead, but it was no use. I couldn’t stop shaking. The wound in his forehead was deep, but at least blood wasn’t pouring from it anymore.
His face was full of tears, he seemed really brave for his age. I handed him the ice pack, and he covered his forehead with it. He was doing a much better job than I had. We were at the hospital because another child had thrown a rock at Luke during class break as he was running around the corner. His teacher called me, and when I arrived, I found him in her lap. His teacher was caring for his wound, trying to keep him calm. She felt terrible about what had happened, but I knew none of it was her fault.
Lulse received four stitches (缝和) and didn’t cry once throughout the whole treatment. For the next two days, his eye was swollen shut and black and blue. I felt like I’d had a mini nervous breakdown. Every time I tried to sleep or tend to housework, horrible thoughts crept into my mind. Fear had taken over, and then the fear turned to anger. I was angry with the child who’d thrown the rock. I just couldn’t shake it. What was she thinking? She should’ve known better.
Luke’s headmaster and teacher called me that evening to see how he was feeling and told me Katie, the girl, felt terrible. I wanted to stand up for my son, do the right thing, protect him.
The next day, Luke’s teacher stopped by to see how he was feeling and dropped off a get-well card that Katie had made. Luke and I read it several times, and I couldn’t help but feel a little choked up. It was a sincere apology.
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I wanted this to be a teachable moment for Luke.
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Later, Luke’s teacher told us Katie was relieved after reading our letter.
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Recently, I told my 7-year-old grandson that I wouldn’t get to see him for a week because I was going away on business. He knows I often travel, but the “business” part caught his attention.
“Can’t you write your articles at your house?” he asked. He knows I write some articles each week. “I’m not writing on this trip,” I said. “I’m speaking; it’s part of my job.”
For many years, my children knew me as simply their mother.
In kindergarten (幼儿园), when asked to tell his class about his family, my oldest child said, “My dad teaches chemistry and coaches basketball. And my mom drives us to his games.”
My own mother worked as a waitress to put food on the table and second-hand shoes on our feet. I was proud of all she did, but I loved her most for being my mother.
The best way to think of someone is never by their job description; it’s a celebration of the reasons why they’re loved and the ways they make the world a better place.
My children lost their father to cancer when they were just becoming adults. They admired him greatly as a teacher and a coach. But they loved him most for simply being their dad.
We are defined ( 界 定 ) not only by our job, but also how we treat people we work with and deal with along the way.
I’m thankful for my job. But I’d like to be known to my family and friends and myself for the reasons that they love me and the ways I try to make their world a better place.
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Sweat poured down from Mark’s face. He had just finished trying out for the football team in his high school, and of course he made it. After all, he had been playing football for almost ten years.
Football was a way of life in Mark’s family. His father was a coach in a primary school. His elder brother Roy was now playing at a top college. Mark was expected to follow his brother’s footsteps and make his family proud. But he had a secret. Though he was good at football, Mark’s heart wasn’t in it anymore. He had another sport on his mind.
Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Mark hopped on the school bus heading home. Through the bus window, he could see the cheerleading squad (啦啦队) on the field. The cheerleaders were kicking, dancing, and performing amazing moves. Mark was fascinated. In fact, he had been attracted by cheerleading for some time.
He pulled out a piece of paper from his schoolbag. Printed across the top in big letters was the phrase: Cheerleaders Wanted. That’s what Mark really wanted to do. His love for football had gone away months ago, and he longed for being a cheerleader instead of a football player.
He knew that cheerleading would not only be a physical challenge; it would also be an emotional one, too. His family had such high expectations for him when it came to football. But Mark was tired of trying to keep up with his brother. He wanted his dream and was ready to go on his own path.
Right now, after his football tryout, he knew he had to tell the truth to his parents. As soon as he arrived home, his parents were already waiting for him at the door. “Did you get in the football team?” they asked anxiously.
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“Yes, I made it. But I don’t want to play football anymore,” he replied.
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________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________I could hear one of my classmates expressing her impatience with my slow climbing up the ladder. “If she’s afraid of heights, why would she sign up for a trapeze (高空秋千) class?” Personal growth is a marathon, not a dash, I said to myself as I continued my climb.
My friend was at the top of the ladder, trying to inspire me. “Think of flying in the air! Think of the freedom.”
How did I wind up on a ladder shaking above the Hudson River? My friend invited me to a trapeze class. I was skeptical, but her enthusiasm and assurances of strict safety procedures won me over.
I had been fearful of heights since elementary school. Avoiding my fear of heights became second nature. I tried not to look down on staircases. When necessary, I traveled by plane with my friends and family. But here I was, facing my fear of heights in a rather extreme way. I had come around to the idea of trying trapeze.
The wet August air was heavy as I stepped forward. I took a moment to take in the view. The bright, late summer sunshine lighted the Hudson River Park. Everything looked bigger and clearer, like wearing glasses for the first time.
An instructor fastened me onto a safety belt and told me to step to the edge of the platform. There were repeated cheers from my classmates below. An instructor reminded me of the safety procedures, including the net below that would catch me at the bottom. He reminded me to listen to the directions while in the air, so I could perform a trick.
“Maybe I could just swing the first time to feel more comfortable,” I said.
“We would like everyone to try to perform the trick,” the instructor firmly told me.
The realization that this was something I would have to do alone gave me some discomfort, but also a bit of pride. If I made it through the class, I would have accomplished something in the face of my fear. My stomach dropped as my hands grasped the trapeze bar as tightly as I could.
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As the instructor counted down, I took a deep breath and pushed off the platform.
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During my flights on the trapeze, my fear didn’t completely leave me.
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I still remember it, like it was yesterday when my parents told me the news. It was the week before Christmas on Thursday morning when my parents said, “Stacy, start packing your things so we can go to Florida for the holidays.”
“Okay,” I responded. We do this every year for Christmas and New Year. It’s kind of a family tradition we have. We go every year because we like to visit some family members living in Florida. There has never been a year when we’ve missed a trip to Florida for the holidays. I was so excited to go on this trip because Christmas is my favorite holiday, but to top it off I was going to get to celebrate it with my family.
The next morning, my mother entered my room. “Stacy, wake up! We need to go to the airport so that we can get our plane tickets to Florida before they sell out.”
I jumped out of bed and got ready as fast as I could. When we were on our way to the airport, I couldn’t stop talking and smiling because I was too excited about getting our tickets.
“Aren’t you just excited to go to Florida?” I asked.
“Yes, I am. We can finally catch up with the family and drink hot cocoa,” responded my mother.
The airport was so crowded. Some people were leaving to other countries and others were just visiting for the holiday. There was such a huge line in the airport because so many different people were buying plane tickets.
When it was our turn, my mother said, “Three tickets to Florida on Christmas Eve please.” The lady working there responded, “Well, you guys are lucky. You got the last three tickets to Florida.”
My mother and I both smiled in relief and paid for our tickets and went back home to finish packing.
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When we arrived home, we found Father was
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After we left for the airport to buy tickets, a man climbed into our house to steal money.
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