A heart-warming story tells of a woman who finally decided to ask her boss for a raise in salary. All day she felt nervous and hesitant. Late in the afternoon she summoned(鼓起)the courage to approach her employer. To her delight, the boss agreed to a raise.
The woman arrived home that evening to a beautiful table set with their best dishes. Candles were softly glowing. Her husband had come home early and prepared a festive meal. She wondered if someone from the office had tipped him off, or…did he just somehow know that she would not get turned down?
She found him in the kitchen and told him the good news. They embraced(拥抱)and kissed, then sat down to the wonderful meal. Next to her plate the woman found a beautifully lettered note. It read, “Congratulations, darling! I knew you’d get the raise! These things will tell you how much I love you.”
Following the supper, her husband went into the kitchen to clean up. She noticed that a second card had fallen from his pocket. Picking it off the floor, she read, “Don’t worry about not getting the raise! You deserve it anyway! These things will tell you how much I love you.”
Someone has said that the measure of love is when you love without measure. What this man feels for his wife is total acceptance and love, whether she succeeds or fails. His love celebrates her victories and soothes her wounds. He stands with her, no matter what life throws in their direction. He may say that he loves her to death. But he doesn’t. He loves her to LIVE, for his love nourished her life like nothing else can.
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Everyone can help their community in their little way, just like David did.
The young barber likes to give back to his community by providing free haircuts to residents in his community and sharing nice conversations with them.
But it was different when it was time for Lucy’s haircut. The young barber remembered Lucy, a young lady living beside community park, and how he watched her work day after day when he was younger. At the back of his mind, David always knew he would do something for this hardworking lady someday.
Armed with a chair and his haircutting tools, David set up a sidewalk shop and gave a free haircut to his neighbourhood.
While Lucy came to have a haircut, she shared how it had been hard for her and her family. She lost loved ones. Lucy was ill herself, and being sick meant not being able to work for almost two months.
To help Lucy and other residents in the neighbourhood, David gave Lucy $100 in cash and set up a GoFundMe account.
Lucy truly appreciated the behaviour and still got emotional whenever she recalled that memorable free haircut and cash gift. It warmed her heart to know that a young man like David listened to what she had to say and lent her a hand.
But this was not where the heartwarming story between David and Lucy ended. Ever since that summer, David realized that he still had more surprises to give the neighbourhood, particularly to Lucy.
David had noticed that Lucy was hiding her smile whenever they talked. She didn’t dare to smile widely because of her teeth, which, according to her, were kind of ugly.
Lucy shared how often she would get comments from her customers about her teeth. One time, a young customer just lost his tooth, and Lucy joked that both of them didn’t have teeth.
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However, David decided to change that.
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Lucy had never seen a dentist (牙医) before.
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The skies were dark. Rain fell in big drops. Thunder and lightning flashed across the skies. I shivered with cold and fear as I walked through the streams of muddy water. Some people were rushing by, completely wet in the heavy rain.
Along the way, I saw some schoolchildren carrying their heavy schoolbags and rushing home. I also saw that some road repair work had been abandoned by workers. Obviously, the workers had left in a hurry because of the storm. There were few signs and it was hard to see what was on the road. There were pieces of wood and slabs of metal and it looked like a hole had been dug and hurriedly covered with planks.
I moved on but suddenly stopped as I heard some sounds. It sounded like children crying. I quickly turned back and went back to the place from where the sounds came. I was horrified! To my shock, I found that two small children, about eight years old, had fallen into the gaping hole on the road. The children were so scared that their faces were pale, crying for help. They were running back home when suddenly the planks moved away with the force of the rushing water. They fell into the hole by accident. I could barely see the children, as it was dark all around me. I got down and tried to reach them with one of my hands, but it was too deep to reach them. I comforted the children with words and told them that I was going to get help.
I was not sure of what to do or where to go but decided to go to the nearest house for help. I knew the man, Mr. Lee, who lived there. He was a kind-hearted man who was always ready to help others. I decided to turn to him for help. It was the only way that I could think of.
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I knocked at the door and told Mr. Lee about the problem.
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The parents of the children who had just arrived from work were totally shocked to hear of what had happened.
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On a sunny day, three teenagers were walking along a city street planning a robbery. Their names were Harry, Tom, and Jack. They were on their way to a bar. But suddenly, Tom saw a bank with fake security cameras. Harry thought it was a good bank to rob, so they caught a bus back home and thought of a plan.
Harry wrote a note to hold up to the bank employee: “Give me all the money or I will kill you. I’ve got a gun and I’m not afraid to use it.”
Tom got some fake guns, and Jack took his mother’s car keys so they could have a getaway car.
The next day, Harry, Tom, and Jack set off for the bank. Harry gave the note to a clerk at the bank while Tom put one gun in each of his hands and pointed them at the clerk. Jack waited around the back of the bank with their getaway car.
The clerk said, “Fine,” and gave the teenagers the money. But suddenly, an alarm went off because the clerk pressed a red button under the desk. Many police officers came inside from every direction. Tom got his guns and pointed them at the police. Harry ran past a policeman and went around back where Jack was. Then Tom threw his guns up in the air, all the police officers looked up at the guns, and Tom ran around back just as Harry had.
When Harry and Tom got to Jack, they all jumped in the car and raced away.
Harry, Tom, and Jack spent half a year in Fiji with three million dollars. They bought ice cream sundaes and surfboards and lived happily.
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But that was not the end of the story. The police were looking into the robbery.
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After a while, the three teenagers had to get up their courage to open the door. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
