While I was waiting in line at a coffee shop earlier, a woman drove alongside the queue in a mobility scooter(踏板车). There was only a1space between the line of people and the tables, which she2to drive along. She drove over my foot and did not 3saying nothing at all.

    I got annoyed and expected she would have4, but then I just decided to5it and got down to selecting which pastry(点心)to go with my coffee. The lady and I ended up sitting at adjacent(领近的)tables. She was on the end of a row so that she could park her 6. After about half an hour, when she had7her coffee, she got up and back onto her scooter. It8start. She tried to turn the key several times9she telephoned the place she purchased it from.

    An engineer 10within five minutes. The place must have been local. I couldn't 11overhearing their conversation, and it turned out she had just 12the scooter that morning. This was her very first outing in it. She felt really13about driving it.14, she wasn't used to its speed, nor its 15, and this combination made it quite16to drive it through narrow gaps.

Suddenly, I felt 17for the lady. It really didn't 18me at all that she'd driven over my foot. I had made an assumption,19, that a person doing that should apologize.

    Next time you're about to 20someone, pause for a second and remind yourself that people have judged you without knowing what was going on in your mind or your life.

    An old woman having lost the use of her eyes visited a doctor to heal (治愈) them. She made this 1with him in the presence of witness (证人) that if he could 2 her blindness, he should receive a sum of money from her, but if her disease 3, she should give him 4.

    After the agreement was made, the doctor, time after time, 5 some of his medicine on her eyes, and on every 6 took something away, 7 all her property (财产) little by little. And when he had got all she had, he healed her and 8 the promised payment. The old woman, when she 9 her sight and saw 10of her goods in her house, would give him nothing. The doctor 11 his payment and as she still refused he finally decided to go to the court (法庭) and reported his case before the 12.

    The old woman, standing up in the court, 13, “This man here speaks the 14in what he says, for I did 15 to give him a sum of money if I could recover my sight, but if I continued to be blind, I was to give him nothing. Now he says that I am healed. I, 16, think that I am still blind, 17 when I lost the use of my eyes, I saw in my house a lot of property and 18 goods, but now, though he 19 that I am cured of my blindness, I am not able to see a(an) 20 thing in it.”

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

    A1 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 to2that shirt away, but gave it to her3” I was speechless. I wanted to hide.

    I4 the shirt in the back of the closet and told my mum what had happened. She then dialed her5“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's6was something greater.

    The next morning she7with the personnel manager at the Board of Education. He told her that without a proper education she could not teach. So Mom decided to8a university.

    After the first year in college, she went back to the personnel manager. He said, “You are9 aren't you? I think I have a10 for you as a teacher assistant. This opportunity deals with children who are mentally challenged with little or no chance of11” Mom accepted the opportunity very12

    For almost five years, as a teacher's assistant, she saw teacher after teacher give up on the children and quit, feeling13 Then one day, the personnel manager and the principal14 in her classroom. The principal said, “We have watched how you15the children and how they communicate with you and admire your hard-working16over the last five years. We are all in agreement that you17 be the teacher of this class.”

    My mom spent more than 20 years there18her career, she was voted Teacher of the Year. All of this came about because of the19comment made in the classroom that day. Mom showed me how to handle20 situations and never give up.

    It's amazing how one dollar can change the culture of a school.

    We have a small school. There are 1 about 30 middle school students. It can get really 2 and stressful as most of the kids get good grades and 3 to be the best they can be. It's good except that a lot of us middle school kids felt pressured.

    My friend and I, 4, set out to find a way to change the 5 . We believed doing things for others was the only way to get ourselves over our 6 about school .

    On the first day of school we 7 put a dollar folded into a heart into one of the senior's lockers with a note saying, “ Buy yourself a snack, and share 8.” We hoped to do that every day. Little did we know the 9 it would make.

    People went 10 over it and everyone was talking about 11 it might be doing the acts of love and 12 that maybe they should do something too. Nobody knew it was us but it is so much fun to see the 13 on everyone's face now ! Lots of other people have started to 14now too: chocolate bars, cookies, people 15 their lunches with other kids.

    My friend and I also put 16 quotes in all the lockers to encourage others. And now I actually 17 school and the chance to cheer people up. I hope it will 18 to the other campuses in the region. 19 anybody is struggling with being depressed about school or work, I totally 20 doing a kind act.

    Have you ever been sad because of failure? Please remember, for often achieving what you set out to do is not the most important thing.

    A boy decided to dig a 1 hole behind his house. As he was 2, a couple of old boys stopped by to give a/an 3. "What are you doing?" asked one of the 4. "I want to dig a hole all the way through the earth!" the boy 5 excitedly. The older boys began to 6, telling him that digging a hole all the way-through the earth was 7. After a while, the boy picked up a jar. He 8 it to the visitors. It was full of all kinds of stones and insects. Then he said calmly and 9, "Maybe I can't finish digging all the way through the earth,10 look at what I've found during this period!"

    The boy's goal was far too 11, but it did cause him to go on. And that is what a goal is 12 -to cause us to move in the 13 we have chosen, in other words, to cause: us to keep working!

    Not 14goal will be fully achieved. Not every job will 15 up with a success. Not every dream will come true. But when you16 short of your aim, maybe you can say, "Yes, but look at 17 I've found along the way! So many wonderful things have 18 my life because I tried to do something!"19 is in the digging that life is lived. It is a joy on the 20 that really makes sense.

    When I was a kid, I kept using a bike with training wheels. And I didn't1much, so, of course, I didn't learn how to2. One day I observed that my younger sister was getting closer to3 how to get rid of the assistance than I was. I couldn't let her4 me! Like an out­of­control mad man, I grabbed(抓住) my bike, 5the training wheels, pushed it out, and pedaled(踩踏板) all over the neighborhood. I tried to stay near the6 as close as I could, so when I fell, I'd7 crash onto the lawn(草坪) instead of the street. After many short­lived8, I finally learned how to balance!

    The process seemed9, since I was afraid of falling. I10 the fear which held me back and gathered the11 instead. I tried my best to fall as much as I might have to, to12 getting hurt, and to quickly get back on the bike and try again. There might be some pain and13, and if so, I'd get hurt and bleed and keep going. It took me probably less than an hour to master the basic skill.

    What14 pushed me to set aside the fear and take action? Nothing but the feeling that I was15. My sister could ride without the training wheels while I couldn't. This feeling of 16 gave me a much needed kick. Using such pressure to motivate(激励) progress is 17. Go take action. Make the attempt. Fall. Get hurt. Get up and try again18 the very moment you create the19 results. Everything can be as 20 as riding a bike.