1 . I had spent some time in the morning talking to my granddaughter about being “generous”. She had a lot of chocolates. I asked her if she had thought about how she was going to ________ her good fortune with her sister? “No!” she said.

That’s why I ________ her to share, and why it’s good to be generous. Not sure if she was convinced, we then ________ out on the town, in Sydney. I wanted to show her Chinatown and shop at the markets.

After shopping I took her to a ________. She is a fussy (挑剔的) eater. She was having a good time and even tried some new ________ while I taught her how to ________ chopsticks.

I noticed a man sitting near me having lunch. Then he got up to ________ and upon leaving he paid for our ________. The shop owner checked with us if that was OK. I was so ________. Then he was gone before I really had ________ to thank him. My 9-year-old granddaughter was really ________ by this. We were then also gifted dessert by our waitress. Good ________ came in pairs.

Upon leaving I ________ them $5. Then I said to my granddaughter “we don’t really need a ________ lunch, do we? So now we have to pay our good fortune forward to someone else.” She got money ________ and was looking for a homeless person.

2 . In the last months of Dad’s life, my brothers and I moved him to a local nursing home nearby. I spent as much time as I could ______ him there. Cancer had damaged his body badly and was now ______ his mind.

During one visit, I entered his room, only to find him in a ______ sleep. I sat by his side for a while ______, wishing for more time with him and also ______ I hadn’t made the most of all the years we had together. Then I got up and walked out.

A light rain was starting to fall and it matched my ______. As I walked to my car, I saw a woman in a wheelchair ______ to move herself out of the rain. I ______ walked over and helped push her inside. She thanked me and gave me a ______ smile. At that moment, I felt a light shine into my soul and a sense of ______ return to my heart. I walked back out, letting the rain wash over me, and thanked all the years I had with Dad. I also knew even if Dad died, the love we shared would ______ continue.

I now still think of that ______ of loving kindness. It reminds me that while we might not be able to live every moment to the fullest, we can still ______ the moments we do have. Life is

______ for love and kindness, which go beyond even death and are ever-lasting ______. May you fill your days with them.

3 . This is the dream of my running partner: Eduardo. He’s a marathon runner with an eye problem who needs ______ to train and to compete.

Eduardo has been running longer than me, and has more desire than any person I know. ______ , he didn’t like training for a marathon. He ran with ______ , without a clear goal, got bored with training and didn’t train with many people.

Now it has ______ — he has an 18-week training plan where he runs six days a week, and he has realized he ______ running more because he has a ______ — to make a little progress every day. He runs with me, one who loves running so much and with the training group at La Tapia de Madrid. The ______ we share for running is what ______ us.

Eduardo and I run together by a rope-I have to ______ turns, different terrain (地形) and barriers. It’s ______ , but I have never ______ this in the presence of others. The main thing we ______ is to run confidently and enjoy running as a whole.

Now, Eduardo goes running with different people, but with a fixed goal of rhythm (节奏) and ______ . He has taken five weeks of training, but he says he will keep on doing it, because he has understood ______ can be the way to improve his fitness.

Eduardo wants to run sub-3:30 in the Madrid Marathon, and he will do it. ______ , it’s not written in stone, but I’m confident that he’s going to succeed.

4 . Einstein took a job as a clerk in the Swiss patent office. While working there, out of a strong ______ for knowledge, he continued to study, ______ a doctorate in physics in 1905. That same year, which was later ______ as a miracle year in science, he ______ four extraordinary physics papers. Following this, he gradually became famous ______ the world as the new Isaac Newton. After four years, he was able to ______ his job at the patent office and enter ______ full-time at a university. In 1922, he was ______ the 1921 Nobel Prize for Physics for his ______ of the photoelectric effect.

Circumstances ______ in 1933, when Hitler came to power in Germany. Einstein, who was Jewish, found the doors of ______ institutions closed to him. ______, he had to flee Germany. After spending time in Europe, he finally ______ a job at the institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, USA. ______ that, he continued to make great ______ in physics and mathematics.

5 . No one expected Jamie MoCrazy to live after her fall. She had been ________ in freestyle skiing’s World Tour Finals for her first championship when disaster struck. She ________ nothing of what happened. For the first 24 to 48 hours, there was a strong understanding that the ________ might take Jamie’s life.

Ten days later, she opened her eyes, just for a few seconds, but ________ enough to add a flicker (闪现) of light to the ________ days. It took her six weeks to remember who she was and ________ her parents. Then she lived with her mom in the hospital. It was the beginning of what the former ________ called the second version of herself, “Jamie 2.0”.

________ was slow, often painful. There were physical and mental challenges to ________. “It was like being ________ .” It took two months for her to relearn to swallow, talk and think critically. But, in many ________ , the physical challenges she faced were the easiest. It took her five years to ________ recover from the accident.

Though her intention was to compete again, she had to accept the reality. Her life ________ is now to help others who have suffered brain injuries and make people ________ the importance of recovery methods, setting up the non-profit organization MoCrazy Strong.

“I understand how ________ my recovery was since I had so much guidance in my family of caregivers,” she says, ________ that she would not be the person she is today were it not for her mother’s care, “and the ________ that I am a privileged (荣幸的), accomplished athlete with finances made a huge ________ in my recovery. So my target is to ________ that. It is very rewarding to be able to save people with it. I feel completely ________ now.”

6 . The world of sports can be challenging. Sometimes, a simple ______ can take on an extremely ______ meaning. That’s what happened to a teenage runner whose show of ______stretched far beyond a track meet.

Ella_______ the race of her life. She thought it was a good feeling to be able to ______something she had worked for in her whole life. So she managed to take an active part in ______ and won many awards. She was the state ______ in the 1,600 meter race, the first girl to win a track and field title in more than 20 years.

However, what people remembered wasn’t her ______ but a race where she finished last. It was when she was ______ to finish the race that something ______ happened. Ella said, “I was ______, some meters to go. A girl was not far in front of me, and suddenly, I saw her ______.” What she did next not only ______ up another runner’s day but also the entire stadium. She stopped at the bend to pick up the girl and ______ her out. Soon, all the other runners went past them. ______, she insisted on supporting the girl to the finish line.

“It was really ______ and people were moved into tears by what Ella had done,” said Ella’s coach. ______ failure, Ella felt very ______ in her heart. When asked why she gave up winning to assist the other, she said, “If we work to get to the state meet, we ______ to finish no matter who we are. I just wanted her to make it no matter what happened.” On Ella’s shirt is a slogan: Part Speed, Part Patience, All Heart. It ______ sums up the girl’s characteristics who found victory while finishing last.

7 . A cancer diagnosis (诊断) can bring you to the very edge of the cliff (悬崖). It did for Allie Newman. A bright, athletic 16-year-old one day and a cancer ________ the next.

Osteosarcoma isn’t a word that should be in a high schooler’s ________. Allie got very familiar with it, a type of bone cancer. She ________ 12 months of treatment, losing her hair, her strength and her desire for food but never her positive ________. Then came the surgeries to replace some of her bones. In addition to those was long-term medical treatment. The ________ suffering can prevent a person from being ________. But when Allie ________ herself on the cliff’ edge, she decided to live and ________ life, no matter what it brought. Though it was ________, Allie discovered the courage to finish college, travel abroad and celebrate every new year of being cancer free.

“Cancer ________ people,” Allie says. “It shapes us into someone who understands more deeply, hopes more desperately and lives more passionately.” With that ________, Allie joined an organization that helps hospitals treat teenage cancer patients. So far, the organization has ________ 18,000 families.

You ________ know where your life will lead and what courage you will have to gather. But when you are facing your ________, do as Allie says, “Take a second to smile, and give yourself a minute to truly ________ all the good in your life right now.”

8 . Throughout a child’s life, there are several events that are very important to them. _________, most of the events involve (涉及到) being with their friends. Missing those activities can make a child sad and _________.

In early September, doctors at the Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital found Megan, a 17-year-old student had a brain tumor (肿瘤). A few weeks later, Megan had an operation and needed to _________ in the hospital for several more days to _________. And that meant she would _________ her school’s homecoming dance.

However, the doctors and nurses at the hospital were not going to _________ that to happen. Instead, they got to work and created the special dance and memory for her.

“They _________ the meeting room in a New Year theme; it was all about her,” Megan’s mother, Jill Krafty said. “It was called ‘ho, ho, homecoming’ last Friday, and I think we were all just so _________ at the care they put into this whole _________.”

But what would a dance be without __________, right? The caregivers even __________ some of Megan’s friends. They came to the hospital and __________ the Megan-specific homecoming dance. With __________, the kids took photos, sang and danced together.

Megan’s mother said her daughter was deeply __________. “She loved all the decorations and we felt grateful (感激的) for the __________ and love of the doctors and nurses,” Jill said.

9 . In 2008, first grade teacher Alvin Irby stopped by a barbershop (理发店) after school for a haircut. Before long, one of his students _________. “He seems impatient and _________,” Irby recalls. “I look at this _________ thinking, ‘He should be practicing his reading.’ But I don’t see a _________ there.”

That moment _________ with Irby, and five years later he _________ Barbershop Books, a nonprofit. “Many kids _________ reading with something they do in or for school,” Irby says. “If the only place a kid practices reading is during a lesson, the progress will be _________... Our program is about getting kids to say three words: ‘I’m a reader.’”

Irby’s program may seem _________, but there’s a lot of __________ behind it. He puts a colorful, kid-sized bookshelf in each barbershop, making it __________ to children. The books displayed are all __________ chosen based on recommendations for kids aged 4 to 8, his target audience. For Irby, the most important __________ of a book is that it should be fun to read.

Putting books in barbershops is not the finish line. Irby says, “Many kids __________ see adults reading.” So, Irby __________ the barbers in his program—training them to engage kids about reading. “We __________ barbers to use the reading spaces,” he says. “Then they can talk to the kids about how they like reading.”

Irby believes that __________ books with a barber can be __________ for the kids. “Our goal is not to __________ barbers into tutors (导师),” Irby says. “This is a good __________ to provide kids with role models.”

10 . A homeless man hung out in front of my barbershop. He _________ people now and then, “Hello, my friend!” However, he didn’t ask for _________ though he desperately needed it to purchase goods. My shop assistant showed much _________ to the homeless man, too. The next day, she called me for a _________ —$2 and promised to repay it the next month. I saw her _________ it to him. I walked over and_________ him in for a rest. He looked much _________ after we washed his dirty face and cut his messy hair. We _________ him warmly, so he left with his stomach full.

He _________ my assistant back when he got his social security check. That’s when we knew his name was Jack. “I sometimes lose it when I have money on me,” he said. So eventually I became his “bank” for his check and __________ it as needed. In the __________ of items, we became friends.

One __________ evening, I found Jack lying on the ice outside. He had a fever. I quickly sent him to the hospital. His doctor thought of me as his relative and took my number. __________, I became his emergency contact. He __________ under the care of my assistant and me. __________ my kindness, he offered to help me with the chores in the shop. Meanwhile, I taught him how to cut hair. He was a (n) __________ learner. As was expected, he became my competent assistant soon.

Business in my barbershop was so booming that we were __________ in working every day. A few years later, we had __________, and we each had to manage a shop. Now we have the __________ power to do charity work. We believe with good thoughts, __________ things will come.