Many years ago,I was working as a psychologist at a children's institution in England.One day an adolescent boy1in my office.His headmaster had2him to me."David,"he wrote,"is very sad since both his parents died. He refuses to talk and I'm very3about him.Can you help?"

    How could I help him?There are human tragedies psychology doesn't have the4to.Sometimes the best thing one can do is to listen5.

    The first two times we met,David didn't say a word.I6we play a game of chess the third time he came.He 7.After that we played chess every Wednesday afternoon in8.It's not easy to cheat in chess,9I made sure David won once or twice.It seemed as if he enjoyed my10.But why did he never talk with me?

    "Perhaps he11needs someone to share his pain with,"I12.Some months later,I sat staring at David's head, while he was bent13the chessboard.Suddenly,he looked up at me.

    "It's your14,"he said.

    After that day,David started talking. He got friends in school and joined a bicycle club.He wrote me15a few times about how he would try to get into university.The letters16after some time.I knew he had really started to live a(n)17life.He needn't write me any more to tell me that.

    Maybe I gave David something.At least I18a lot from him.For example,David showed me19one—without any words—can reach out to another person.All it20is a hug,a shoulder to cry on,a friendly touch and an ear that listens.

    One summer,when I was little,my dad built me a lemonade stand（柠檬水摊位）.On sunny days I'd1the stand outside the local car wash with a cooler and my little black safe（保险箱）.I didn't get many customers2I always had fun.

    One3I did have was an elderly gentlemen who4across the street from the car wash.He would come every day and5a glass of lemonade for his wife.Even though I only625 cents,he always paid7with a $1 Sacagawea coin.So I built up quite a collection by the end of that8!

    Now,as a college student,I make it a9to stop at as10lemonade stands as I can,always paying11than the kids charge me.This has been going on for12three years now.But this week,I didn't have any13with me when I stopped at a little girl's stand.I14around in my car frantically（疯狂地）and finally opened up one of my boxes.I opened it up and sure enough,there were my Sacagawea coins.I almost shut the lid（盖子）again because they15so much to me,but then I realized that that was16why I had to pay with the coin.When I gave that17girl the shiny gold coin,I said "You should keep this one,they don't make them anymore!".And her18lit up.As I drove away,I saw her running to her sister to show her the19and I knew that I had made her just as20as I was when I was a little girl.

    I believe in miracles(奇迹) because I've seen so many of them. One day, a patient was referred to me who was one hundred and two years old. 'there's a1in my upper jaw, " she said. "I told my own dentist it's nothing, but he 2I come to see you."

    Her eighty-year-old son accompanied her. He would3to add something, but she stopped him. She wanted to tell everything herself. I found a large cancer that spread over much of the4of her mouth. A careful examination later5that it was a particularly bad sort of cancer. During her next appointment, I explained to her the6of the problem. She clasped my hand in hers and said, "I know you're worried about me, but I'm just7."

    I thought otherwise(不同). After considerable8on my part, and kindness on her part because she wanted to9me, she agreed to have me refer her to a cancer surgeon. She saw him, but as I expected,10  treatment. About six months later she returned to my office, still energetic and11.

    “How are you?” I asked.

    “I'm just fine, honey, ” she responded12 high spirits. “When can I get started on fixing my dentures(假牙)?”

    Surprised to see her at all, I answered13, “Let me take a look in your mouth and we'll see about it.”

    I couldn't believe my eyes. The cancer that had14nearly the entire roof of her mouth was gone-only one small area of redness 15.

    I had read of such things happening, but had16seen them with my own eyes. That was my first miracle. Since then I've seen many others, because they keep getting17to see. In fact, miracles are daily events for me now. And people are a miracle,18through them we have a chance to know ourselves and to19the miracles of one another.

    Since my first miracle, I've come to understand that the place for a miracle is20we choose to find it.

    I'm always inspired by kids who look at the world and decide to start changing it for the better. They don't need to 1 until they become an adult-they look for ways to solve problems 2 they see them.

    A group of high schoolers in Chicago, US, 3spring break in Puerto Rico helping rebuild the island, which is still 4 from a hurricane that struck six months ago. Eight students traveled with a teacher, Lou Ramos, to help rebuild homes and 5 resources among the victims.

    “You read a lot about how we're in a 6of self-focus and iPhones and i-everything,” Lou Ramos told me. “But when we put this idea out there, the 7was amazing. They don't see this as 8anything. They see this as a great opportunity to make a 9.”

    Ramos' daughter, Faith, also went on the trip. I asked her if the 10 of spending spring break doing work—probably, 11, hot work rather than spending time with friends left her feeling conflicted (矛盾的). “12, I'd much rather help other people out,” she said. “I just feel more 13 being able to go and make a difference.”

    Her family 14to Puerto Rico two years ago for vacation. After they watched the videos of the hurricane's destruction, she said, they were 15. They wanted to do something, so they started 16 this spring break trip late last year.

    “I think it's going to 17 our young leaders to achieve an even bigger ambition.” Ramos said. “Some of them have 18 flown in an airplane, this is going to be a life-changing 19for them.” I cannot agree more with him and I'm sure it will also change the world more20.

    I was on my way to the library to do some studying for history class. That's when I 1 my friend and her family knocking on doors.

    As I was standing outside one house my friend's brother 2 past me and went to the 3 of the house. When the resident（住户） answered, I 4 him say, "Excuse me. Hi! I am raising 5 for my mom. She needs to have a surgery(外科手术)6 we don't have enough money. Could you please 7 with a donation?"

    The lady8 him some coins and he said, "Thank you so much! God bless you." Then he walked on to the next house.

    I could see he didn't have 9 and I also saw he had been crying.

Instead of going to the 10 , I went to the bank, I told them I wanted to 11 all my savings. The lady in the12 said to me, "But, sweetie, I 13 you were going to use that money to get into university."

    I told her something else 14 so she gave me the money. Then I walked to my friend's house. They had only 15 nine hundred and sixty dollars, which wasn't even a quarter of what they16 I told my friend to take my money. When she saw it, she17immediately it was my university money.

The idea of going to 18 had been a very exciting one for me—-assuming I got accepted—-but she needed the money19 I did. Now her mom will be going into surgery in the next two days.

    I hope all goes 20 for her and her family. My love and prayers go out to them.

There Really Was a Santa Claus

    Ann worked for a big company. One of the duties of her 1 was to go to the post office every day and 2 the company mail. One day in December, she 3 a beggar making himself up as a Santa Claus 4 on the corner of the street. Each day she 5 her coins and dropped them in his bowl. He would smile and 6 her a Merry Christmas.

    At night the temperature dropped below 0℃, but the Santa Clause 7 stood in the cold wind. 8 she dropped her coins into his bowl, she handed him a pair of gloves.

    A week later, a(n) 9 Santa Claus was standing there. "What happened to the other Santa Claus?" she asked. He told her, "He's very 10 today." She prayed for his health.

    Later that day, a colleague came into her office 11. "I don't know what I'm going to do." "What's wrong?" she asked. "It's my ex-husband," her colleague 12, "I don't have any money to buy my boys anything for Christmas, 13 my ex-husband refuses to send money to them. It breaks my heart that they won't have anything this year." The lady 14 her colleague, "I'm sure everything will 15. It's Christmas. Believe in miracles(奇迹)."

    That evening, she told her husband about her colleague's 16, "I know we don't have much money to 17, but I'd like to give her fifty or a hundred dollars. We'll just get ourselves less this year. Last year we couldn't 18 to buy anything for ourselves but we still had a wonderful Christmas." Her husband smiled, "Give her one hundred dollars. She needs it more than we do."

    She reached up and held him. Warmth spread 19 her body. He held her and realized that 20 really was a Santa Claus — and he had married her!