When I was in Grade 8, my teacher asked us to write an article about what we would like to do when we grew up. All I could think of was one sentence: I want to help other people! Over the years, I met many difficulties and failures. But I never thought of giving up. I realized that to help other people, I had to help myself first. I encouraged myself after I experienced failures, and I cheered for myself when I did well.

    Finally, my dream really came true.  I found a part-time job in a charity. I began to spend my days doing things for people in need. I have a happy life. That doesn't mean that this kind of life is easy, or that my work is always enjoyable. I am happy because I am doing what I want to do.

    What do you want to do? Write it down now. If you don't know, you can ask yourself, "What would I do if this was the last day of my life?" Then write down the first thing that comes to your mind, no matter how silly or how impossible it seems. Once you have an answer, you will know what your dream is.

    Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One night, I went to pick up a passenger at 2:30 a. m. When I arrived at the place, I saw a small woman in her eighties standing before me. I took the woman's suitcase to the car and then returned to help her. She took my arm and we talked slowly toward the car.

    She kept thanking me for my kindness. "It's nothing," I told her. "I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother treated."

    "Oh, you're such a good man," she said. When we got into the taxi, she gave me an address, and then asked." Could you drive me throughout the downtown?"

    "It's not the shortest way," I answered quickly.

    "Oh, I'm in no hurry," she said," I'm on my way to the hospice(收容所). I don't have any family left. The doctor says I don't have very long time." I quickly shut off the meter(计价器). For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked, and the neighbourhood where she had lived. Sometimes she asked me to slow down in front of a special building and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing.

    As the day broke, she suddenly said," I'm tired. Let's go now."

    We drove in silence to the address she had given me.

    "How much shall I give you?" she asked.

    "Nothing," I said.

    "You have to make a living, "she answered," Oh, it doesn't matter! I have other passengers to pick up." I answered.

    Almost without thinking, I bent sown and gave her a hug. She held onto me tightly and said," You gave an old woman a little moment of happiness."

    Yesterday afternoon Mr. Brown wanted to catch the 1:30 flight to New York to have an important meeting. At 4:30, Mrs Brown, his wife, got his phone call and he said that he was still at the airport.

    "What happened to you?" Mrs Brown asked in surprise.

    "Well," Mr. Brown said. "Everything was fine at first. I got my ticket checked, took my bags and waited in line to get on the plane. While I was walking across the runway to the plane, I saw my friend Jack Scott—he was a flight attendant. I shouted to him and a policeman caught me."

    "But why?"

    "I don't know. As soon as he heard my shout, he ran towards me and caught me."

    "What did you shout to your friend?"

    "All I said was 'Hi, Jack' ; you know that's the usual way we say hello to our friend."

    "But the sentence 'Hi, Jack' also means to take control of a plane by force(武力). Don't you know?"

Martin is my youngest son. He likes staying alone and he seldom laughs. As the boy's mother,I was 1 about him. I took him to see the doctors in many 2 , but it didn't work well.Nothing could make him happy but the recycling truck(垃圾回收车) passing by my house. Every afternoon, he raced to the front of the house, 3 for the truck.

When we were late and 4 the truck, Martin would be very disappointed. One day, I stopped the truck and 5 myself.

"Nice to meet you, too. I'm Vince."The driver greeted me in a happy voice.

"Your coming is the most 6 moment for my son,"I smiled.

After knowing our story, he said,"Can you give me your phone number? Maybe I can send you a 7 before I arrive."I exchanged my number with him at once.

Then began our 8 with Vince.

Recently, I said to him,"It's my little boy's birthday tomorrow. Could you please do 9 special for him?"

The next day, as I was standing 10 the road with Martin, we saw the green truck running down the street with a loud beep(嘟嘟声). Like a superman in a movie, Vince stopped and walked towards us with a box in his hand.

"Today is your birthday, Martin, and here's a 11 ."

He handed the box to my son. Inside, there was a green model truck like 12 . My son,surprised, looked up happily and 13 him.

After chatting for several minutes, he was about to leave for work. I tried to give him some money for his help. He kept 14 his head and refused my money, saying"Today you,tomorrow me."

I was deeply 15 by these simple words. And I have been ready to help others whenever I can. You will never know when you're going to be the one that needs help.

Mr. and Mrs. Green are two old farmers in the countryside. George is 1 only son and he is 30 years old. He works in 2 big city and visits his parents only on weekends.

3 the morning of April 2nd, Mr. and Mrs. Green decided 4 to the city to visit George by bus without giving him a call. The bus was very slow 5 they didn't mind it. It was the first time they went to the big city, so they were 6 to see the new things on the way. When the bus arrived there three hours later, George was surprised and happy to see his parents 7 before him. That evening, they 8 out in a restaurant. The food was quite different from that in the countryside. After supper, George showed his parents around the city. His father said, "If we come here next time, we 9 shopping and buy lots of things."

The next morning, Mr. and Mrs. Green went back home 10 . Although they were away for only one day, they began to miss their farm.

Life isn't always smooth. Everyone has a hard time in their life sometimes. However, some people make life better for themselves and1 for others. Why? They know how to take advantage of the difficulties. This is especially2 for Bradford and Bryan.

When they were young, Bradford and Bryan Manning were found to have a（n）3 . The doctor said they would go blind over a period of time. Now in their thirties, the brothers have both4  their central vision（视力）. They see mostly from the corner of their eyes. But while the two brothers may be going blind, their hope of helping others who have problems seeing is getting 5 !

The two brothers love soft clothes. While shopping for clothes, they often have to use their sense of 6 to choose what they want. Because they can't see things clearly, they have 7 a great sense of touch. This helps them to find the softest materials.

As a result, they 8 a clothing company called "Two Blind Brothers". The purpose of the company is to make the softest clothing in the world and 9 all the profits（利润） to help fight blindness. They also offer jobs to blind workers who have difficulty making a living. Now the company is known to more people. Many 10 are glad to buy its products for they love the story behind the company.

As you can see, when life closes a door, it can always open a window, for you, and for others.