It was unusually quiet in the emergency room on December 25. I didn't think there would be any 1 , sighing (叹息)about having to work on Christmas. Just then five bodies 2at my desk, a pale woman and four children.

    “Are you all3?” I asked. “Yes,” she said weakly and lowered her head.

    But when it came to 4their problems, things got a little strange. They all claimed to have headaches, but the headaches weren't 5by the normal body language of holding the head or trying to keep it still.

    Something was wrong. Our hospital policy,6, was not to turn away any patient. I explained it might be a little while 7a doctor saw her. She responded immediately, even a bit 8“Take your time,” and then added, “It's warm in here.”

    Then, I checked their registration（登记，注册） form out of curiosity. No address—they were  9.The waiting room was warm. I went back to the nurses' station and mentioned we had a homeless 10in the waiting room. The nurses, complaining of11on Christmas, turned to sympathy for a family just trying to get 12on Christmas. The team went into action, much as we do when there's a 13emergency. But this was a Christmas emergency.

    We were all 14a free meal on Christmas Day, so we took back that meal and prepared a big dinner for our15.We needed presents. We 16from different departments candies, fruits and other things 17that could be presents. Just like we 18the physical needs of the patients, our team worked to meet the needs of a family who just wanted to be warm on Christmas.

    19, as the family walked to the door to 20, the mother came running back, gave me a hug and whispered, “Thanks for being our angels today.”

    There was a little boy visiting his grandparents on their farm. And he was given a slingshot (弹弓) to play with. He 1 in the woods, but he could never hit the target. Getting a little 2, he headed back for dinner.

    As he was walking back, he saw Grandma's pet duck. Just out of impulse(冲动), he let fly, hit the duck in the head, and 3 it. He was shocked and upset. In 4, he hid the duck in the woodpile, only to see his sister 5. Sally had seen it all, but said nothing.

    6 lunch that day Grandma said, “Sally, it is your turn to wash the dishes.” But Sally said, “Grandma, Johnny told me he wanted to help in the kitchen today, didn't you, Johnny? ” And then she spoke 7 to him, “Remember the duck?”

    So Johnny 8 the dishes. Later Grandpa asked if 9 wanted to go fishing, but Grandma said, “I'm sorry, but I need Sally to help make supper.” But Sally 10 and said, “Well, that's all right 11 Johnny told me he wanted to help.” And she spoke softly again, “Remember the duck?” So, Sally went fishing while Johnny stayed at home.

    After several days of Johnny's doing 12 his various small tasks and Sally's, he finally couldn't 13 it any longer. He came to Grandma and 14 that he killed the duck. She 15 down, gave him a hug, and said, “Sweetheart, I know. You see, I was standing at the window and I 16 the whole thing. But because I love you, I 17 you. However, I was just 18 how long you would let Sally make a slave of you.”

    “Whenever we do something 19, Jesus Christ sees it. He loves us and doesn't say it. My honey, do take responsibility 20 your errors and don't keep your mind suffering.” Grandma added.

    A poor and old farmer lived in a village, who had a beautiful and young wife. The wife 1 wanted to enjoy life by spending lots of money on good clothes. Because of his old age and poor2, the farmer hardly left his house and did not earn more than what was3 So the wife often felt4 and the couple often 5each other.

    One day, a thief heard their quarrel and saw the wife 6 out of the house in tears. He followed her and then came up to her to 7“Dear, I've heard about your quarrel. You are very beautiful and young and old man can't satisfy your demands. I have a lot of8but no one to spend it. So, why not9the old man and follow me to the city? We will start a(n)10life together.” the thief said. The wife agreed to his11 That night, she gathered all her fine clothes and money and left with the thief for the 12

    Early the next morning, they reached a 13 The thief said to the woman, “Dear, please stay here on the bank 14 I swim to other side and15 a boat to get you across. Hand over your money to me, for seeing you16somebody may try to take 17away from you.”

    The woman handed over the money to the thief and18on the bank. The thief had19what he wanted so he didn't come back. Now, the woman had20her husband and everything.

Moral: Desire for more may let you lose what you have.

    As a kid I loved everything about school. I loved books1tests and homework. Most of all I longed to someday march down the aisle (通道) to receive my2.That seemed more appealing even than getting married. But at 15, I had to3because my parents4afford tuition. My hope of getting a diploma was dead.

Pretty soon, I married. I had three Children, and I thought: "There5my diploma."

    Even so, I wanted my children to be educated. But Linda, our youngest child, had juvenile arthritis (幼年型关节炎) in her6and knees, which made it7for her to function (活动) in a normal classroom.

    One day, I saw an ad in the newspaper for evening courses.

"That's the answer," I said to myself. Linda always feels8in the evening, so I'll just sign her up for night school.

Linda was busy9out enrollment (入学) forms when the secretary said: "Mrs Schantz, why don't you come back to10?"

I11: "There's no way! I'm 55!"

12he insisted, and before I knew what I had done, I was enrolled for classes in English and crafts. "This is only an experiment," I13him, but he just smiled. To my surprise, both Linda and I thrived (茁壮成长) in evening school. I went back again the next semester, and my grades14improved.

It was15going to school again, but it was no game. Sitting in a class full of kids was awkward,16most of them were respectful and encouraging. During the day, I still had loads of housework to do. But when I was down, Linda encouraged me. "Morn, you can't17now!" And when she was down, I18her. Together we saw it through. At last, I got my diploma19 my classmates voted unanimously (一致地) for me to be class speaker, and I got a ＄3, 000 college scholarship.

    Yes, Mom, I was late for school, but I got there20.

    The universe has a way of sending help from even the most unlikely of places.

    When Tony received a wrong-number message on his mobile phone, he could have just 1 it. Instead, he gathered five of his six children and 2 a picture to send to Syd, the girl on the other end of line, just to give her a little 3 However, he had no idea that replying to this random message would 4 his family's life.

    The message was from Syd, who was dress shopping when she decided to get a second 5. So she took a picture of herself in the new dress that she had chosen and sent the message to who she thought was her friend.

    Tony sent her a message 6 right away, but he also wanted to let her know that her pretty picture hadn't ended up in the 7 hands, so he included a picture of his kids giving a big thumbs-up. “I figured that the children's 8 would be far better than some middle-aged man!”

    Syd's friend Mandi was deeply touched by the 9 that she posted it online, where it quickly went viral. Not only is it just a sweet 10 of kindness on Tony's part, but look at those cute kids of his!

    Once the story 11 the web, people discovered that one of Tony's children was 12 from the picture. The youngest child, Kaizler, wasn't home at that time 13 his mom had taken him to his chemotherapy (化疗) appointment.

Once Mandi read about Kaizler's cancer diagnosis, she shared his GoFundMe page, which snowballed into a widespread 14 of giving. Thousands of people have donated to the little boy's page.

    Kaizler's mom says she can't express how 15 her family is for the financial help, and no one can believe this rush of good fortune 16 from a simple wrong-number message!

    “It is so refreshing to be 17 that there are good people in the world who still care about others and are quick to be 18 and kind to others,” she stated, “I would also like to thank EVERYONE from bottom of my heart 19 all the kind words, all the donations, all the love and support. We honestly would never have been able to 20 it this far in our journey without every single of you!”

    I recently joined an organization called Kindness Water, which was 1 by Phillip Wagner. One day when he was reading the newspaper, he 2 a story about Africa and was 3 to learn that 3.6 million people died every year. The reason why they died was  4 there was not enough clean drinking water. He knew he had to help. So he 5 money from friends and churches to help the people in a Malawai village to dig a well (水井). Then he set up a bottled water company and 100% of the money he made was used to 6 more wells. Within a year, he gave a hand to more people in Uganda. Since then，there have been 550wells in 19countries and more than 325000 people have been helped.

    But here is what really 7 me: It all started with one man, Phillip Wagner who wanted to make a difference. He saw a need and he did what he could to help those in trouble. Thousands of others who read the same 8that morning might have also been surprised when they learned the 9that so many people didn't have clean drinking water. But all those people didn't  10. They thought, "Oh well. That's too bad. 11, somebody will help those12don't have any clean water."

    Phillip Wagner decided to be that somebody, and 13  the help of thousands of others who have joined, he is making a difference to the world. You see, 14 change starts with ordinary people doing their  15. I want to be one of those 16makers.

    As a video of children smiling and swimming in clean water rolled in the background, Phillip Wagner said, I just want you to know that I 17my all, did my best, brought happiness to someone and 18 this world a little better just because I was here."

    Let's live out those words today. 19 you choose to help the homeless people or 20 any other good things for those in need, let's be difference makers. Let's leave this world a little better.