【推荐2】Will you put others’ need before your own? Here is an experience of mine.

It was a wet day and I had a ________ time. I was busy and everyone was down. What’s more, I went out without breakfast and I ________ my wallet at home. So I couldn’t get lunch and was terribly ________. When I finished my work, I ________ some money so that I could quickly go to buy my ________ meal of the day.

Before having my meal, my wife ________ me that a friend of hers was in trouble and ________ someone to take him home. My ________ said, “I will get him after I get the meal.” ________, my mouth said, “________, I’ll drive him home first.” As soon as we met, he jumped in the car with a smile and thanked me for my help. He told me he usually ________ home from his company but that day the weather ________ him from going home on foot. Traffic was heavy. A drive to his home usually ________ 10 minutes but that day I spent 30 minutes on it. Now you might think that we are close friends. In fact, we have just met ________ times. Maybe I will seldom see this person again but I felt ________ I was there when he needed me.

So you will feel yourself helpful and useful when you care more about others.

【推荐3】A 6-year-old girl went shopping with her mom in the supermarket. It was raining hard at that moment. We all stood ______ the door of the supermarket and waited quietly. The girl’s sweet ______ broke the silence, “Mom, let’s run through the rain,” she said. “No, honey. We’ll wait ______ it slows down a bit.” Mom replied. The girl waited about another minute and repeated, “Mom, let’s run through the rain.” “We’ll get wet if we do,” Mom said. “No, we won’t, Mom. That’s not what you said this morning.” the young girl said. “This morning? When did I say we ______ run through the rain and not get wet?” “When you ______ with daddy about his illness in the hospital, you said, if we can get through this, we can get through anything!” We all stood silently. ______ left in the next few minutes. Mom thought for a moment about what she would say. “Honey, you are ______. Let’s run through the rain. If we get wet, maybe we just need washing.” Mom said. Then they ran ______ to the street. We all stood and watched ______ run past the cars. Although they held their shopping bags over their heads, they ______ got wet. Then they were followed by a few who screamed (尖叫) and laughed like children all the way to their cars.