Mr. Black was a wealthy businessman, but he was not 1 with life. He did not sleep well and his food did not 2with him. The situation lasted for some time. Final­ly, after a  3of sleepless nights, he 4to see his doctor. The doctor ad­vised a change of  5  "Go abroad," he said. "But I'm not good at foreign languages," said Mr. Black. "It doesn't matter," said the doctor. "It won't 6 you to talk a little less. 7 on a trip. Take plenty of exercise. Try to8 your weight. Avoid (避免) eating rich food. " Mr. Black went to Switzerland. He did not know French or Ger­man, and had to 9  himself through gestures. He attended a physical training course. The instructor（指导者） 10 him bend his knees, swing his arms, stretch his neck and shake his  11.He had to lie on the ground and  12  his right and left legs in 13.  After a time his muscles grew hard and firm. He almost14 aside his financial(金融的) worries and nearly forgot the importance of 15 more money. He even began to  16individual trees and individual birds.  He ate and slept well. 17 he returned home.  But unfortunately his18 did not19 long. Soon he was a normal businessman again, worried about his property, his profits, his savings, his success in a competitive society, and things in20.

    It was Mother's Day and I was shopping at the local supermarket with my five-year-old son,Tenyson.As we were1,we realized that only minutes earlier an2woman had fallen over at the entrance and hit her head on the ground3was with her, but there was blood everywhere and the woman was embarrassed and clearly in shock4,a lot of people stopped to help out.5we were walking towards the scene, Tenyson became very6about what had happened to the elderly couple. He7to me,“Mom, it's not much fun falling over in front of8”Seeing that there was a flower stall(摊位)at the front of the supermarket, he added, “Why shouldn't we9the lady a flower? It will make her feel better.”I was10that he'd come up with this11idea. So we went over and told the flower seller12we wanted.“Just take it,”she replied.“I13take your money for such a wonderful14”

    By now medical staff had arrived, and were15the injured woman. We gave the flower to the woman's husband and I told him it was16my son. At that, the old man started crying and said,“Thank you very much.”He then turned to me,“You have a17son. Happy Mother's Day to you.”

    The man bent down and gave his wife the flower, telling her who it was from18being badly hurt,the old lady looked up at Tenyson with19in her eyes and gave him a little20

    A woman couldn't find her wallet at Gilleece's bar. She didn't 1 about her $1500 in cash as her wedding ring was in side.

    Gilleece disliked the 2that a theft could have occurred. So he was 3 to help. He spent hours 4footage(影像)from security cameras and he saw a boy put something into his pocket and walk off. Gilleece 5a clip(片段)on the bar's Facebook page. "I didn't want to 6 him," he said." I just asked if anybody knew the guy was. "Within hours, Gilleece got a text from 17-year-old Rivens Prather. who admitted doing it because he was7 He said he opened the wallet and saw the ring, thinking it was fake, so he took the money and threw the wallet 8 the docks(码头)into the ocean. Gilleece told the teen to meet him at the docks where Cilleece, a father of two, saw him for what he was: more of a kid than a(n)9

    But the 10 were high. The police were already on the 11; Prather could be facing theft charges. I had to help him 12,"says Gilleece. He 13 two local divers to search the waters.14, a detective was waiting there. A crowd had 15 to watch the two divers search in the icy water. Hours passed, with no 16 of the ring. And then a diver17, ring in hand. Cheers erupted from the crowd. When Gilleece called the wallet's owner, she burst into tears.

    It wasn't 18 for Gilleece. He'd been troubled about Prather sleeping in the cold woods, hungry. Gilleece took Prather into his home and helped him find a 19.

    "Most people would have thought I was a thief while he chose to help me, "Prather said." I feel 20every day."

    In a used furniture business, unlike new, you cannot order stock from a catalogue. People call in, and you have to go out and make an offer. “You can't 1 what you don't have,” my father would say.

    When I was aged thirteen, my father 2 his store manager, a one－armed guy who could do more with his one arm than many will do with two. With his3 gone, my father came to me. “Will you come in while I go out to 4 the day's calls 5 I find the right person？” he asked. The store has tens of thousands of 6. “People like to bargain,” he told me. “So I don't 7 prices. You just have to know a 8.”

    He took me around and said, “A quarter－horse motor you can sell for four dollars. For a refrigerator, depending on the9, you can sell for thirty－five dollars to sixty dollars. However, if it has a freezer all the way across, sell it for eighty dollars; 10 excellent condition, maybe one hundred dollars. Dishes come in with a houseful of furniture, and I don't even figure them in when I give a price. You can sell them for a nickel to a quarter. Something really nice.”

    Every day after 11, I would pedal(骑自行车) down to the store. Soon after, I was writing up a sales slip(纸条) for an attractive plate when my father walked in. I had asked a dollar and the guy did not hesitate. I was very 12. My father glanced down at what I was doing, 13 the customer and said, “You sure got a14 today. My employee gave you the price and that's the price.” Afterward, I asked my father, “What was that all15？”

    It turned out that it was a(n) 16 plate, worth a few hundred dollars. I was shocked. Here I was 17 to help my father in the business and instead I was losing money for him.

    He said, “I could have stopped the sales if I'd wanted to. You were just writing up the slip and hadn't yet taken the money. 18, by civil law, you're 19 age. But, a man stands by his word and the word of his agent.” It 20 my father a small amount of money, but I learned a lifelong lesson in integrity(正直).

    One evening, Catherine was at home as usual. As her1swung between what she was going to do with her life and their dinner plans for the evening, she was unexpectedly2by an urgent call from her sister “Get over here! Turn on NBC and check these guys out. They are just like you….” One Facebook message and a phone interview later, Catherine3herself on a bus with 8 strangers in the middle of the sweltering desert heat of Utah, picking up trash and4awareness about zero-waste and climate change.

    With a deep5of the environment and a desire to make a6, Catherine, Davey, and a group of self7“environmental pick-up artists” went on a coast to coast road side trash pick-up. As they walked, sometimes only80.9 miles in an entire day, they 9 and steadily made their way across the United States for three years, picking up a total of 201,678 pounds of trash.

    Catherine and Davey10with us wonderful stories of hope and inspiration that fueled their11to continue their journey. After spending weeks silently12how she would have enough13to fly home for their two-week spring break, Catherine found a blank, unidentified envelope14with $850 cash in the desert. Just enough to get her home and back. After their bus15outside of Denver, they unexpectedly got16and arrived in Yosemite National Park three weeks later, just in time for the “Yosemite Facelift” where17from all over the state came together with a18of cleaning up trash all over the park.

    Being at the right place at the right time became almost normal, and they realized that much of what they 19was more than just a coincidence. Together, their team learned to simply 20themselves to their task, and surrender to the journey.

    "I have recently completed my college degree." The project we were 1 to do in the last class was called "Smile". The class was asked to go out and smile at three people and record their 2.

    Soon, my husband and I went out to a McDonald's for 3. We were standing in line, waiting to be 4, when everyone around us began to back away. 5 I turned around, I smelled a 6 "dirty body" smell, and there standing behind me were two 7 homeless men.

    As I looked down at the short gentleman, he was "smiling". His blue eyes were 8 of expectation as if in search of acceptance. The second man 9 awkward. I realized the second man was mentally challenged.

    The young lady at the 10 asked him what they wanted. He said," coffee is all, Miss," because that was all they could 11. If they wanted to sit in the restaurant and warm up, they had to buy 12. I realized that he just wanted to be 13. It was too cold outside.

    Then I really felt it—the compulsion(冲动) was so great that I almost reached out and embraced the short man. I noticed all the customers in the restaurant were 14 at me, judging my every action. I smiled and 15 two more breakfast meals for the two men. The short man looked up at me in 16 with tears in his eyes.

    I returned to the 17 on the last evening of class with this story. I turned in "my project" and the teacher read it. Then she said," Can I 18 this?"

    I nodded. She began to read 19 while every student listened attentively.

    In my own way I 20 the people at McDonald's, my teacher, and every student in the classroom. I graduated with one of the biggest lessons I would ever learn: UNCONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE.