【推荐1】At an airport I overheard a father and daughter in their last moments together. The airline had announced her plane’s _________ and he said to his daughter, “I love you. I wish you enough.”

She said, “Daddy, our life together has been more than enough. Your _________ is all I needed. I wish you enough, too, Daddy.” They kissed good-bye and she left.

I could see he wanted and needed to cry. I tried not to _________ his privacy, but he welcomed me in by asking. “Did you ever say good-bye to someone knowing it would be _________?” “Yes.” I replied.

Saying that brought back memories I had of expressing my love and _________ for all my Dad had done for me. Recognizing that his days were _________, I kept telling him face to face how much he meant to me. _________, I knew what this man was experiencing.

“Why is this a forever good-bye?” I asked.

“I am old and she lives too far away. And the _________ is, her next trip back will be for my funeral (葬礼).” he said.

“When you were saying good-bye I heard you say, ‘I wish you enough’. What does that mean?”

He began to smile. “That’s a wish that has been _________ from other generations. My parents used to say it to everyone.” He paused and looked up as if trying to remember it __________. He smiled even more.

“When we said ‘I wish you enough’, we wanted you to have a life filled with enough good things to __________ you,” he continued and shared the following as if he were reciting it from __________.

“I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright. I wish you enough pain so that the smallest __________ in life appears much bigger. I wish you enough gain to satisfy your desire. I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you __________.”

He then began to __________ and walked away.

【推荐2】It was in my high school science class. I was doing a task in front of the classroom with my favorite shirt on.

A ______came, “Nice shirt.” I smiled from ear to ear. Then another voice said, “That shirt belonged to my dad. Greg’s mother works for my family. We were going to ______ that shirt away, but gave it to her ______”I was speechless. I wanted to hide.

I ______the shirt in the back of the closet and told my mum what had happened. She then dialed her ______. “I will no longer work for your family,” she told him. That night, Mom told my dad that she couldn’t clean anymore; she knew her life’s ______ was something greater.

The next morning, she ______ with the personnel manager at the Board of Education. He told her that without a proper education she could not teach. So Mom decided to ______ a university.

After the first year in college, she went back to the personnel manager. He said, “You are ______, aren’t you? I think I have a ______for you as a teacher’s assistant. This opportunity deals with children who are mentally challenged with little or no chance of ______.” Mom accepted the opportunity very ______.

For almost five years, as a teacher’s assistant, she saw teacher after teacher give up on the children and quit, feeling ______.Then one day, the personnel manager and the headteacher ______ in her classroom. The headteacher said, “We have watched how you ______ the children and how they communicate with you and admire your hard-working ______ over the last five years. We all ______ that you should be the teacher of this class.”

My mom spent more than 20 years there. During her career, she was ______ Teacher of the Year. All of this came about because of the ______ comment made in the classroom that day. Mom showed me how to handle ______ situations and never give up.

【推荐2】A few years ago, I worked as an English teacher for girls in Silverton, a small, rural farming community south of Portland.

One day, I asked the girls what ______ they were interested in. To my surprise, the answer was wife / mother or hairdresser. I was ______. These were bright girls with so much to offer — such limitless ______. And yet, they saw only two ______ in their futures. These girls needed role models. They needed exposure to the working world so they could make informed decisions. How could I help them? What resources were ______?

I searched the Internet, and ______ a gender equality grant (拨款) through the state and applied. Much to my joy, we were selected. Together with two qualified educational assistants, we started ______. We needed to get help from successful ______ women. I wanted to arrange field trips to their workplaces, but I was ______. The conservative parents would not ______ their girls to travel. So I started making phone calls and inviting presenters to our school. To my surprise, many of them ______ to make the trip. The girls listened attentively to their ______ and responded with reflective, in-depth questions.

The school year passed quickly. When our final presenter had left, I posed the ______ question to the girls. “What careers are you interested in?” This time, the ______ were very different: accountants, educational professionals, bookkeepers, nurses, managers... The result went beyond my ______. Bringing about positive changes in these girls’ dreams makes me feel great.

【推荐3】In the summer of 2015, Brian Peterson and his wife, had just moved to California. Outside the couple’s apartment, a homeless man often yelled on the street corner. One day, Peterson was reading the book Love Does, when his quiet was ______ by the homeless man. Inspired by the book’s ______ message, Peterson then decided to go out and ______ himself.

In that first conversation, Peterson learned that the man’s name was Matt Faris. He’d moved to California to pursue a career in ______ , but he soon fell on ______ difficulties and ended up living on the street. The story touched Peterson, a ______ of the Cleveland College of Art, who hadn’t picked up a paintbrush in eight years. ______ , he found himself asking if he could paint Faris’s portrait. Faris said yes.

This ______ sparked Peterson to found Faces of Mankind, a nonprofit organization that focused on painting and ______ portraits of those who are unhoused. Peterson put half the money into a “love account” to help his ______ get back on their feet. Many people use the funds for ______ — medical care, clothes or food, but Faris chose to ______ his musical dream. When the album was delivered to Faris, the man finally couldn’t contain his emotions and ______ in Peterson’s arms.

Over the years, Peterson has discovered that the buyers begin to see the homeless ______. They mention that they tend to connect and develop friendship with someone they might have otherwise ______ .