When Mrs. Green told her pupils to draw a picture of something for which they were thankful, she thought how little these children in a(an)1neighborhood, had to be2 for. Most of the 3 would draw pictures of turkeys (火鸡) or of Thanksgiving tables full of everything4 to eat. That was what they believed was 5 them.

    What made Mrs. Green 6 was David's picture. David was so disappointed and likely to be 7 close in his shadow as they went outside for breaks. David's drawing was8 this:

    A hand, whose hand? The class was strongly attracted by his image. “I think it must be the 9 of God10us food,” said one student,

    “A 11 said another, “because they 12 the turkeys.”

    “It looks more like a policeman, and they13 us.” “1 think,” Lucy said 14 “that it is 15 to be all the hands that help us, but David could only draw one of them.”

    Mrs. Green had almost forgotten David in her16at finding the class so responsive(共鸣的). Having the others working on another project, she bent over his 17and asked whose hand it was.

    David whispered, “It's yours, Teacher.”

    Then Mrs. Green 18 she had taken David by the hand from time to time; she often did that with the children. But that it should have19 so much to David . . .

    Perhaps, she thought this was her Thanksgiving, and everybody's Thanksgiving—not the things given to us, but the small 20 that we give something to others.

    Leon Logothetis is riding his yellow motorcycle, which he calls Kindness One. He is trying to 1 around the world on the kindness of 2. No money. No food. Nowhere to stay. Leon 3 on the generosity of the human spirit to keep him going.

"It's all about 4 other people," Leon said. So far, he's met with 5. In Las Vegas, a family gave him food and a place to sleep. In Nebraska, cowboys let him stay 6 them. "The American people have been 7," Leon said.

Andin Pittsburgh, after a dozen people had 8 him down, Leon met Tony, a 9 man who gave me his food and offered to let Leon sleep with him in a garage. "It was so inspiring for me," Leon said ."The people in Pittsburgh hadn't 10 helped but he offered me a place to stay and shared his food."

So just how far can 11 get you? Leon is determined to 12. "I used to be a manager in London, sitting behind a desk, 13 12 hours a day, and it wasn't for me." he explained. "Then I went and travelled the world and 14 with people. And that's what it's all about. That's where the 15 is: Connection. Heart to heart."

On his blog, Leon said he'll 16 a ship from New York to Europe, adding he'll do so "as a non-paying 17. Kindness Rocks!"

    He also lists a trip that would 18 him travelling to France, Italy, Greece, India. Cambodia and Vietnam and other countries. His 19 will be shown on TV. The trip also serves to 20 money for Make-a-Wish Foundation.

    At the age of 14, Harvey Bay teenager Mark Farrell took a dive into a swimming pool that would 1 his life forever.

    “I jumped into the pool and broke my 2,” he says. It's a very 3 story because I jumped into the deep end, not the shallow end where most spinal (脊柱的)4 occur.”

    Mark has been in a wheelchair ever since and now, at 27, is very matter of fact about any 5 life might throw at him. In fact, he finds it 6 to name any challenge at all. “I just live my life and 7 it day by day,” he says.

    For the past few years, Mark has 8 with the Spinal Education Awareness Team (SEAT), telling his 9to young people in the Harvey Bay region. He also works as a whale 10, taking photos for various publications and calendars. “If I can 11 one kid's life, it makes every single 12I do worthwhile,” he says.

    The aim of the SEAT program is to 13 students to prevent spinal injuries and help them to 14 understand the challenges and feeling of the people who 15 with a spinal injury.

    Mark discusses the importance of checking the 16 of water before diving in and being more 17 in general. He has told thousands of school students his story over the years and says that if his 18 can prevent one spinal injury in a young person, he's 19. Mark's contribution to preventing spinal injuries was 20 in 2017, when he was named Young Australian of the Year.

    For most people, graduation day is exciting. 1, my graduation day...was not

    Two years ago on my graduation day, my family and friends flew in from across the country to 2 me. But like everyone else in my graduating class, I had 3 the economy turn from bad to worse during my senior year. We graduates had degrees(学位)， but very4 opportunities. Countless applications had not been 5.

    The weeks ahead weren't __ 6. I drove to Southern California to find work 7 I knew my small university town couldn't offer me any 8. But 100 job applications later , I found myself in the 9 spot as I was before. And the date to begin 10 my student loans (贷款) was drawing ever closer.

    You know that feeling when you wake up and you are just filled with 11? And the most frustrating part was no matter how much I tried, I just couldn't seem to 12.

    I began to write. Something about writing gave me 13. I channeled my frustration into a children's book. Beyond the "river" was the story of an unlikely hero featuring a little fish who refused to give up on his 14.

    And then one day, 15 any sort of writing degree or contacts in the writing world — just a lot of hard work and perseverance(坚持) — I received a publishing contract for my first 16 ! After that, things slowly began to fall into place. I was 17 a second book deal. Then, a few months later, I got an interview with The Walt Disney Company and was 18 shortly after.

    The lesson of this story: Don't give up. Even if things look 19 now, don't give up. Things 20.

    If you work hard, give it time, and don't give up, things will always get better. Oftentimes our dreams lie in wait just a little further upstream. All we need is the courage to push beyond the river.

    Sometimes, a mother just recognizes her child, even when the two have never met. That's how Devon Toomey felt in 2013 when she 1 a photograph on a website for an international adoption agency.

    Toomey had been on the site many times and seen 2 many kids, but she'd never determined to email the agency about anyone 3 she saw one baby born without arms and legs. "4 seeing him, I just knew he was our child. There was just something that spoke to me," she says.

    Today, four years later, that boy, named Bowen Toomey, is a 5-year-old 5 with two older brothers living in Eagle, Idaho. He is 6 on going to school, jumping on trampolines（蹦床）, reading books and 7 himself to difficult tasks.

    But his 8 disability means he can't live 9 like others: Where other children use their 10to handle things, Bowen sometimes uses his mouth or a special band he wears that lets him 11 things like a spoon.

    "He does everything any other kids do: he just finds his way to 12 various problems. He can ride his skate already," his mother says. "He 13 loves to swim, and can dive and swim independently. I think he loves it so much 14the water is the place where he really doesn't have limitations."

    A former special education teacher, Toomey and her husband, Jeremy, knew they wanted to adopt. Nine months after she 15 Bowen on the website of a Serbian orphanage（孤儿院）, 16 in Belgrade, the entire family went there to take home their 18-month-old addition.

    Although Bowen had been well taken care of at the orphanage, he didn't get much attention, and for the most part he was just laid in the bed.

    The young boy 17 to his new family in a way 18 he surprised everyone. "We laid eyes on him and from that moment on, he 19 joyful, which really touched our hearts," she says, "I said to myself, 20 is no wonder that I wanted him the moment I saw him'. He is my child."

    With the plaster cast(石膏绷带) on my arm for weeks, I returned the hospital to have it removed.

    The doctor cut away my cast and asked me to 1 my arm. When moving it in every possible way, I was 2 by the fact that my elbow(肘) was actually fixed, which was all thanks to the doctor and made me more interested in the 3 of the doctor. I began to think that he had a secret 4 that only a few people in the world had, and I 5 what it was. From then on, I was sure that I would become a doctor 6 him one day. At the age of four, I was already 7 to discover the art of healing and share it with the world.

    As my mom and I made our way out of the hospital that day I released her hand and ran away. I wanted to 8 my experience with everyone. I found an elderly man9 from a wheelchair and ran to help him, saying, “Don't worry, Grandpa. The doctor will fix your10. Look how he fixed my arm!” I then showed him my newly 11 elbow. He gave me the biggest smile. I waved goodbye to the man and felt 12 to have shared my good fortune with someone who truly 13 it.

    Thirteen years have passed by since that day, and many things have changed. 14, I am still determined to discover the art of healing, even though I now know it is not as 15 as I originally thought. Last summer I had a chance to volunteer in 16 medical environments where I learned how to encourage patients to eat the healthy food they17, and what doctors do when a child refuses a throat swab. Each of these experiences has taught me a lot, 18 most importantly they have further promoted my interest in19. Although I have not yet discovered the art of healing, I know that every year I get 20 to it.