1 . Parents earn money and provide for their children to give them a better future. But for Dale Schroeder who worked all his life to________ the lives of young people, he is a(an) ________Schroeder lived a simple life without luxuries and higher education. But he worked hard and________up a small fortune, nearly $3 million. He________to send 33 strangers to college, having never met them, and they too did not know if he existed. “He wanted to help 36 kids that were like him that ________wouldn’t have an opportunity to go to college without his gift,” Schroeder’s friend, Steve Nielson said.

The kids were able to________college and get their degrees thanks to Schroeder’s________who died in 2005．Kira Conrad, who was one of the recipients, said that it was because of Schroeder’s support that she was able to continue her education.

Recently all the 33________gathered together in Schroeder’s honor, fourteen years after his________.Some were college graduates and young professionals, and all knew that they had to________on the benefits they had received to others. “All we ask is that you pay it________,” Nielsen said, expressing the desires of late Schroeder. “You can’t pay it back, because Dale’s gone. But you can remember him and you can ________ him.”

What a great story of hope for these young adults who reccived________from a man they never knew. It should be the________of everyone of us to do our best not only for our own children, but also those who are less ________.

4 . Some people wouldn’t be happy about having to work on Mother’s Day weekend. However, I felt pretty _________ when I climbed into the florist delivery van. My own mother was no longer alive to _________ the flowers, so _________ the day of other moms seemed like the best thing to do.

First up on my _________ of deliveries was a nursing home. Someone named Mary was _________ a vase of pink roses from her children. I _________ the name to the nurse on duty. “Roses for Mary?” the nurse said. “Room two twenty-four. Just set them by the _________. It’s a nice gesture, but sadly she won’t know the flowers are there.” Carrying the vase down the hall to look for Mary, I thought roses like these couldn’t just be set by the window and _________.

“Happy Mother’s Day, Mary,” I announced. “Your children sent you these _________ flowers.” Mary’s eyes _________ the flowers and slowly she smiled. I _________ my cell phone. I had Mary’s daughter’s _________ on my delivery list. I combed Mary’s short gray hair into place and took a _________ of this loved mother with her roses. “Just look at your mama,” I texted Mary’s daughter. “The roses were a blessing.”

I was a little behind schedule by the time I got back to my van, but it was _________ of it. I had many other deliveries at nursing homes like Mary’s. I took a lot of pictures,_________ a lot of texts and shared a lot of joy. It was a good day!

7 . Mrs. Smith is an unusual teacher. Once she told each student to bring along a few potatoes in plastic bag. On each potato the students had to write a name of a person that they hated. And the next day, every child brought some potatoes. Some had two potatoes; some three; some up to five.

Mrs. Smith then told the children to carry the bags everywhere they went, even to the toilet, for two weeks. As day after day passed, the children started to complain about the awful smell of the rotten (腐烂的) potatoes.

Those children who brought five potatoes began to feel the weight trouble of the bags. After two weeks the children were happy to hear that the game was finally ended. Mrs.Smith asked, “How did you feel while carrying the potatoes for two weeks?” The children started complaining about the trouble loudly.

Then Mrs. Smith told them why she asked them to play the game. She said, “This is exactly the situation when you carry your hatred (仇恨) for somebody inside your heart. The terrible smell of the hatred will pollute your heart and you will carry something unnecessary with you all the time. If you cannot stand the smell of the rotten potatoes for just two weeks, can you imagine how heavy it would be to have the hatred in your heart for your life time? So throw away any hatred from your heart, and you’ll be really happy.”

9 . During the 1930s, the Great War broke out. A 25-year-old American soldier, probably never thought that his life would change forever when he volunteered to go to France.

One night while the American unit was returning to the base after a bloody fight, Suleyman stumbled into the ground and noticed a bit of movement from the bush. Being stuck between two choices either its enemy or an animal, Suleyman found a five-year-old girl from the bushes shivering with cold and utmost fear. Due to the atrocity of the war, the girl was abandoned by her family and the whole village was killed.

During the war, it was impossible to find the child’s family so Suleyman took this little French girl under his wings and gave her an American name Flora which means like the flower. Soon, Flora became the apple of the eye of everyone living in the army camp.

For one and a half years, Flora and Suleyman became inseparable; however, every fairy tale comes to an end. When the war ended, Suleyman was sent back to USA, while Flora was put in an orphanage, the Normandy School, which was founded by the American government for orphaned French children to have an education.

For years, Suleyman always thought about Flora. When the French National Olympic Team was playing in the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles in 1984, Suleyman gazed through the audience on TV, hoping to catch a glimpse of Flora, but he never could.

At the age of 85, Suleyman attended the 60th anniversary reception of the Great War where Suleyman shared his story with American and French officials. After hearing his story, a French journalist started to investigate the story, and all government files were read in detail. The moment the journalist helped dial the number, in tears, Flora said Suleyman was her hero, and everything came flooding back to her.

10 . When Failure Is a Good Thing

Failure is an important process you can learn from.    1    

Most people view failure as something that should be avoided at all costs.    2    It may have been an “F” we received on a paper or the high expectations our parents placed upon our shoulders that stopped us from trying.

Award-winning psychologist and author, Ron Friedman, tells the story of how Sara Blakely, founder of Spanx, revolutionized the women's clothing industry and became a billionaire in his book, The Best Place To Work: The Art and Science of Creating an Extraordinary Workplace.

    3     She had zero experience in the clothing industry, lacked an education in business and raised only $5,000 to invest. When asked where she found the courage, she gave all credit to her dad. While most parents ask their kids, “How was your day?" when sitting down for dinner, Sara's parents asked her and her brother, “What did you fail at today?” each and every night.

When interviewed by CNN's Anderson Cooper, Sara said, “Instead of failure being the outcome, failure became not trying. It forced me at a young age to want to push myself so much further out of my comfort zone.”     4     It became more about learning and less about a personal weakness.

If we view failure as weakness, we avoid stepping out of our comfort zone.     5     It does not define us, but instead matures us. I 'm sure that there are many risks we would all take in our personal, professional and spiritual lives if we could get past a fear of failure.

What has been the greatest lesson you have learned when taking a chance? Please share with us.