Years ago when I volunteered at a homeless shelter, I talked with a boy, Albert. He said he liked my1 “Do you want to see mine?” he said, 2 his leg. He was barefoot. He said he'd been meaning to pick up a pair but hadn't gotten one. I felt a 3 feeling in my stomach.

    A few days later I was at home helping to 4 my daughter. I smiled when I 5 the socks over her feet. At that moment, Albert flashed in my 6.

    At noon, I went to a department store and 7 a shopping cart with socks — nothing 8, just white cotton men's socks.

    The next morning, I drove to the Palisades Park, which is a common overnight—destination for 9 individuals,

    I grabbed one of the 10 from my trunk and walked across the grass. It was dark out. It was a beautiful feeling to 11 before the sun and most living things.

    I headed fro a group of three men. Two were asleep and the third was digging through his shopping cart. It was loaded with plastic bottles and some clothes, and a few books — most 12, everything he owned in this world. As I walked toward him, he turned and 13 me, perhaps questioning my intention.

    “I thought you might 14 some new socks, ” I told him, handing him a pair. He looked 15 at first but took them, smiled and said, “Thank you.” I gave two more 16 for his partners.

    I 17. After 20 minutes, I returned for the second bag. An hour later, I 18 all the socks. Most people were sleeping, and I felt like a(n) 19 Santa Claus. I knew when they woke up they would find a very meaningful 20. That gave me an amazing feeling.

    Since 1985, Johnny Jennings, 86, has1local churches and businesses to collect paper, which he brings to a recycling center for money. But2putting those earnings in his own bank account, he sends every dollar to Georgia Baptist Children's Homes & Family Ministries. Once a year, he'll give the organization a check, which is3between $10,000 and $35,000. By 2016, that 4to $400,000.

    Jennings5himself to helping Georgia Baptist Children's Homes & Family Ministries after his first visit there when he was 18. “When I was about to6, these three little boys7me by the knees and said, ‘Will you be my daddy?'” Jennings recalled. “And I said I'll do8I can. That took my 9, right there.”

    These days, Jennings' recycling has turned into a community 10. After he's made his own rounds recycling paper from businesses and churches, he'll find more11waiting for him at home. Community members12other recyclables at his house so he can13them, along with books, food, clothes, and other items to 14.

    Recycling centers typically pay15one-half to three cents per pound of paper, but in 201616, he sold more than 400,000 pounds of paper and 51,000 aluminum cans, and17more than 32,000 pennies.18the course of 32 years he's recycled more than 9.8 million pounds of paper,19about 79,000 trees in the process.

    Jennings says he's20to continue raising money for charity as long as his health allows. “If you got it to give, give it away,” he said.

    I always preferred to take on（承担）more than I should when I was a young man. At times, it was to prove to myself that I could 1 it. At other times, it was to please someone and gain 2 for my efforts. This sometimes led to 3 or frustration（挫败）.

    When I was an IT manager after college graduation I was 4 to work with a wealth customer and be a go-between（中间人）for my company. I took on the assignment 5, thinking that this might be my time to shine. 6, the customer's demands proved to be more than I could do with. And the company chose to 7 the customer and try to meet his unreasonable requirements rather than stick to what we had 8 offered in the contract. As you can imagine, this led to a lot of unexpected 9 and arguing with some of the staff（职员）who 10 to do anything outside their scope（范围）of work. I remember walking into my office one morning, opening my laptop and 11 the blank screen for long, thinking to myself: What should I do? That was a(n) 12 time in my life and then I finally had to give up my first job and 13 that company sadly.

    Perhaps, I thought then, I could find the 14 that didn't involve dealing with difficult people and difficult situations. But later I realized: Is this15 in our modern world? No, it is impossible. Now, I know, I shouldn't run away from the 16 I faced in life. I had to learn how to deal with them. I 17 not persevering（坚持）in my job. We should train ourselves to look at things from a 18 point of view, because that is far better than being 19 in the bad circle depression. I've come to 20 that when faced with difficulties, I should not give up, but preserve.

    I run a hotel in London. My knowledge on volcano is from my son's science textbook, which says “volcanic ash is formed during explosive volcanic eruptions when dissolved gases escape 1 into the atmosphere”. During the days with the terrible ash cloud which spread Europe from Iceland in May, 2010, I was 2 to a London radio station called LBC. People called in 3 their stories of trouble. Some had missed 4 for holidays, and some couldn't get home following the volcanic eruption.

    The story that most 5 me was a call from Peter, who had just gotten 6 the previous weekend to Maz. They had planned to 7 their honeymoon to the Dominican Republic but could not 8 the ash cloud. When James O'Brien, the radio presenter, asked if he was unhappy, Peter said: “Not at all. I've married the 9 girl in the world whom I love, so…no…

    I'm not 10 at all.” Both the presenter and I were so impressed by the beautiful 11 .

    A little later, after receiving many cancellations(取消预订), an idea 12 to me and I called LBC. I spoke to the producer of the show and asked if she could keep 13 with Peter to offer him and his wife a room for the weekend at my hotel 14. She later 15 to say Peter and Maz were delighted and would love to take up the 16 . The producer asked if I would like to 17 offer it to them on the radio show, but I said no as I didn't want it18 to the public.

    So, two days later, Peter and Maz arrived at the hotel and 19. I was so pleased to have made a bad situation better for a young couple. Nobody could ever imagine how 20 I was of myself.

    I worked about thirty to forty hours a week as a nurse at a local hospital during the summer. Most of the time I spent there 1.with Mr. Gillespie, who never had any visitors and nobody seemed to 2.his state. I spent many days there helping with 3.needed to be done. He became a close friend of mine, 4.he answered me only by holding my hand. Mr. Gillespie still couldn't wake up.

    I left for a week and when I came back, Mr. Gillespie was 5.I didn't 6.to ask any of the nurses where he was, 7.they might tell me he had died. So 8.many questions unanswered, I continued to work there.

    Several years later, I was at the gas station 9.I noticed a 10.face. When I 11.who it was, my eyes filled with tears. He was alive! I got up the nerve to ask him 12.his name was Mr. Gillespie. With a/an 13.look on his face, he replied yes. I 14.how I knew him, and how I had spent many hours talking with him in the hospital. His eyes were filled with tears, and he gave me the warmest hug I had ever 15.

    He told me he thought I was an angel who was there with him. He firmly believed that it was my voice and touch 16.had kept him alive.

    17.I haven't seen him since, he fills my heart with 18.every day. I know that I made a difference 19.his life and his death. 20., he has made a very great difference in my life: he made me an angel!

    You may be surprised to see “making sure children never suffer” as a mistake.  The following 1may help you understand how rescuing children from all suffering2weakness.

    A little boy felt sorry for a butterfly3 to emerge from its chrysalis(蛹). He decided to4the butterfly. So he peeled (剥开) the chrysalis open for the butterfly. The little boy was so5to watch the butterfly spread its wings and fly off into the sky.  Then he was horrified6he watched the butterfly fall to the ground and die because it did not have the muscle7to keep flying. In fact, the butterfly's struggle to8the chrysalis helps the butterfly become stronger.

Like the little boy, 9too often want to protect their children from struggle in the10of love. They don't realize that their children need to struggle, to experience11. To deal with disappointment, and to solve their own problems. Only in this way can children12their emotional strength, become 13and develop the skills necessary for the even bigger struggles they will meet throughout their lives. Children experiencing sufferings can14the ups and downs of life.

    However, it isn't helpful either in this case when parents15lectures(训斥), blame and shame to what the child is experiencing. Mothers 16to say, “Stop crying and acting like a spoiled boy. You can't always get what you want.” These17words should be avoided.

    Instead, parents can offer loving support. You can say, “Don't lose18. Be brave! You will succeed if you try again. ” Then comes the tough part-no19and no lectures. Simply allow him to discover that he can get over his disappointment and20what he can do to get what he wants in the future.