What a man offered to take curt of a stranger's baby so that the baby's mother could rest on a recent flight, many people on the plane watched it.

“It was so 1,” one passenger, Andrea Byrd said. She shot a photo of the man 2the baby up and down the aisle and 3 it on Facebook, where it spread 4

     “I was 5” Byrd wrote in the post, which has been shared almost 100,000 6 “Not because he was white and she was black7 because it showed me today that there are still good people out there in a world8evil.”

    The Southwest Airlines flight was9from Minneapolis to Atlanta on September. 5.

    The mom, Monica Nelson, who is pregnant, said she had been 10about traveling alone with her 20-month-old son Luke. When he grew annoyed and wouldn't 11 the man seated next to them 12 her by offering to help, she said. He walked 13 the aisle holding the boy, relaxing him to sleep.

     “It was such a 14 because I was a little worried traveling15 my husband there to help out,” said Nelson, a teacher who lives in Atlanta. “I'm still very16—he was so kind.” She said the man's name is Reid, and she learned that he also' has a son 17 Luke.

    Byrd said die was particularly 18 by the scene because she has two children of her own and could put herself in the mom's 19 Now their story has touched thousands of people across the world, reminding people how powerful a simple act of20can be.

    One afternoon, as I was driving back home, I stopped at a busy crossing as the traffic light turned red. I waited 1 for the light to turn green.

    Suddenly, an old woman 2 and started asking for money. That day, I had unknowingly 3 the air conditioner in the car and my window was down. The old woman was 4 very close to my car. As she begged, I closely 5 her weather-beaten face, which had lots of wrinkles (皱纹) on it. Her eyes showed lots of sadness and her 6 body was shaking. I 7 that there was no one to 8 after her, which forced her to beg on the streets.

    Seeing her condition, I immediately felt from within my being a huge surge (凶涌) of 9 for her. It was coming deep from within my 10. I normally gave change to 11. However, that day my inner self strongly urged me that I give her something substantial (大量的)12 she could have a good 13 that evening.

    Without any hesitation, I took 14 a substantial amount from my wallet and 15 it in her hand. Her weather-beaten face lit up with a toothless 16 and she blessed (祝福) me and went on her way. In the meantime the traffic light had turned green, and it was time to 17 on.

    As I drove back home I felt within myself a sense of joy and 18 surging through me because I was able to do something for 19 one person on this planet. Her blessings will be one of the most treasured 20 in my life.

    Don't stop believing. If you're not reaching your highest potential, it might not be for lack of talent or determination, 1 because you're not keeping the right things in front of you.

    A few years after my dad died, I was 2 with the desire to write a book. For 3, I set two copies of my dad's most popular book beside my bed. One copy was in English, the other in 4. My dream was that my book would be translated into Spanish, too.

    Kevin is a twin. He 5 having twins himself. His wife Lisa had several surgeries. They attempted every 6 treatment. But 7 worked. They were beyond 8. One day Kevin found a small package in the mailbox. There were two diapers (尿布) inside. He ran into the house and 9 Lisa. “Look, honey, we just got the first diapers for our babies！”He wrote the date on them and put them on his 10 table. Month after month, they were the first thing he saw when he opened his eyes, and the last thing he saw 11 he fell asleep. Several years later, Kevin and Lisa got a phone call asking if they would be interested in 12 a baby.“Yes！” they said. The caller asked, “Would you consider accepting two？These are twin girls about to be born, and they need a good home.” Talk about a dream 13！

Remember that 14 I dreamed about writing？In 2004 I wrote Your Best Life Now. When the publishers read it they decided to 15 it in English and Spanish at the same time.

    Proverb says, “Where there is no vision, the people perish (毁灭).” 16 vision your dream will die, and part of you will die with it. Studies show that we move toward what we 17 see. Is there something you see every day that 18 you？Keep them in front of you to 19 you of what you're aiming for. If your dream is to go to a particular college, buy a T-­shirt with the school name and wear it 20.

    Anna was very picky(挑剔的)about food. She never ate the wonderful pizzas or ice creams her mother made, which was her parents'1. She just ate other things. Anna was2 ， but her parents were both fat. Their likes were her dislikes. 3 ， everyone wondered who she had taken after…Anna's parents thought she was ill.

    One day, they went to see a4. He took them to a machine. Then he put a plate of fish in front of them, and5on the machine.

    It started playing sounds: waves'6sound and the songs of seabirds. After some time the doctor7the fish with fruit and vegetables. The sounds of the sea8 ， and there came the sounds of gentle wind, birdsong, and rain. All of them9the beautiful sounds of nature, but the doctor10the plate again, and this time it was a dish of meat. The machine started making lively sounds: the sound of11animals. Still quite pleasant. Then the doctor brought a strong smelling pizza. The machine seemed to 12down. Instead of beautiful sounds, out 13noisy sounds. The noise was so disturbing that the family had to ask the doctor to change the14of food. The doctor brought them ice creams, burgers, and candy…but they thought the sounds were still15. Finally Anna's parents16 the doctor to bring fruit back.

    "Anna isn't ill, "said the doctor. "She can understand each type of food's own17. It comes from where the food was born, raised, and18. Anna wants to eat the foods whose music is 19. That's why she's slim and healthy."

    These days, they all look slim, 20from then on, in the house pizzas, burgers, puddings, and ice creams were replaced by fruit, vegetables, and fish.

    What did your dinner sound like today?

When I was young, my mom only had one eye. I hated her. She was such an 1.She ran a small shop at a flea(跳蚤) market and 2 old clothes and some other things to sell for the money we needed. Once during elementary school, it was field day, and my mom came. I was so embarrassed and 3 how could she do this to me？I threw her a 4 look and ran out. The next day at school, my schoolmates asked me, "Your mom only has one eye?!" and 5 me.

I was so angry with my mom and wished that she would just 6 from this world. So I said to my mom, "Why don't you have the other eye?! If you're only going to make me a laughingstock(笑柄)!" My mom did not respond, I guess I felt a little bad, but at the same time, I felt so 7 to have had said what I wanted to say. Maybe it was 8 my mom hadn't punished me, I didn't think that I had hurt her feelings very badly.

    For the words I had said to her earlier, there was something pinching at me in the corner of my heart. Even so, I hated my one-eyed mom and our 9 poverty. I told myself that I would become 10 in the near future, 11 I studied very hard. Later I got accepted by the Seoul University, I left my mother and came to Seoul to study. Then I got 12 there.

    I bought a house of my own. Then I had kids, too. Now I am living 13 as a successful man. I enjoy the 14 in Seoul because it's a place that doesn't 15 me of my mom and my past. This kind of happiness was getting bigger and bigger, 16 one day someone knocked at my door. It was my mom! And still with her one eye! It felt 17 the whole sky was falling apart on me. My little girl 18, scared of my mom's eye.

I screamed at her, "Who are you? I don't know you! How dare you come to my house and scare my daughter!" To this, my mom quietly answered, "Oh, I'm so sorry. I may have gotten the

19 address," and she disappeared out of sight. I was quite relieved.

    One day, I went back to participate in a reunion. After the reunion, I went down to the old shack(窝棚), which I used to call a house, just out of 20. Unexpectedly, there I found my mom fallen on the cold ground. Then a piece of paper in her hand came into my eyes. It was a letter to me.

    My son,

    I think my life has been long enough now, and I won't visit Seoul anymore. I miss you so much. I'm so sorry that I only have one eye, and I was an embarrassment for you.

    You see, when you were very little, you got into an accident and lost your eye. As a mom, I couldn't stand watching you having to grow up with only one eye. So I gave you mine. I was so proud of my son to see a whole new world for me with that eye. I was never upset at you for anything you did. During the couple of times that you were angry with me, I thought to myself, it's because he loves me.

    My son…oh, my son…

    Don't cry for me because of my death. I love you so much.

    A humpback whale is struggling hard in the sea. The humpbacks can weigh 40 tons and stretch 50 feel from nose to tail. That's the kind of 1 and size that easily overturn small boats. To jump onto the 2 of one of these giants is 3 to result in a disaster. But that's just what Sam Synslelien did when he saw a humpback 4 caught in a rope that was 5 to a buoy (浮标) in Central Californians Morro Bay this week.

    Sam, along with crewmate Nicholas Taron, had already tried 6 the unfortunate whale to the U.S. Coast Guard 一 but they were told it would be hours before 7 could be sent. 8, the commercial fishermen 9 this whale didn't have. If the whale was to 10 they had to go get it. There was no other 11 for the whale. They decided to go for it, totally 12 the fear. Turon's 13 in the rescue was mostly in the 14 cheering department. In the clip, you can hear him directing the operation from the side of the boat while filming the entire 15.

    "Swim! Swim!" He yells, "Move! Just get it! Get it!"

    The anxious whale was just swimming in counter-clockwise circles, 16 and being held to the bottom. It threw its heavy tail against the boat. But Sam 17 it and jumped onto the whale's back to save its life. He managed to hang in there, 18 cutting through the rope that 19 the creature. And then with a whoosh (击水声), it dove deep down beneath the great 20. It wasn't much of a thank you, but Synstelien and Taron were left with a whale of a tale.