Last weekend, I had an opportunity to serve as a volunteer at a nursing home in another city. I don't have a car, and even the 1 train station is far away from my house. 2, I wasn't sure how to get there.

    I posted a(n) 3 for a ride on the ride share board. Soon an individual I'd never met 4 that he'd be able to pick me up and drop me off at the station. He said he'd wait until my train arrived5 he drove away. My heart 6 and the stress I'd been feeling disappeared 7 and thus our friendship began.

    I ended up arriving at the nursing home in 8. The tiny team of servers there were 9 for the additional help. We all worked together as a team. I was glad to be a part of this and be of 10 to the elderly.

    That evening when my new 11 dropped me off at the station, he 12that it was in a deserted area. So he parked his car and said. “We will wait for the 13 to come together.” I couldn't believe is his 14.

    With five minutes left before the train arrived, he 15 with me stories of his childhood. As a young boy, he 16 to sit near the edge of the train tracks, waiting 17 for the trains to rush by with all their force. That night he waited with me as my train 18. It didn't rush by with full force but I left that station 19 the full force of his kindness and generosity. People like him would always 20 me how to love and how to give.

    Sarah Hott had fought against weight all her life, and when she had trouble walking down the school aisle（过道）for her ride to work, she knew she had to 1.

    “I was 2 Reader's Digest, and the people in an article seemed so 3.” said the 43-year-old teaching assistant. She decided to try the 21-day 4. She first 5 healthy food and good habits, and then went on to 6 18 pounds in three weeks, then 73 pounds in eight months. Then chores（工作）aren't 7 anymore for her.

    “Last year, my 8 hurt so bad that I couldn't climb on a chair to change a light bulb,” Sarah said. “Now I feel 9.” “Best of all.” she 10. “my three daughters love to play Frisbee（弗里斯比飞盘）and swim, and I can 11 them now.”

    Recently, the students in Sarah's class brought “Ms Sarah” a special 12 for her birthday. But the kids didn't provide her with cakes 13 rich calories and much sugar. 14, they brought her favorite parfait（冻糕）.

    Sarah's success has 15 her friends to start the diet. “A few weeks ago, I took a friend to go food shopping for the plan.” Her 16 was fell at home, too. She called her husband “a potato chip connoisseur（行家）”, 17 almonds（杏仁）in front of the television.

    Sarah makes some changes for her own 18. She changes the master19 by using Haifa banana and half a cup of apple juice. “I 20 the diet food in the fridge and cat them with a spoon.” she said. Now Sarah is trying to change her diet plan in many different ways and encouraging more and more people around her to join her plan.

    I had worried myself sick over Simon's mother coming to see me. I was a new 1 , and I gave an honest account of the students' work. In Simon's case, the grades were awfully low. He couldn't read his own handwriting. 2 he was a bright student. He discussed adult subjects with nearly adult comprehension. His work in no way reflected his 3 .So when Simon's mother entered the room, my palms(手掌心) were sweating. I was completely 4for her kisses on both my cheeks. “I came to thank you ,” she said, surprising me beyond speech.5 me, Simon had become a different person. He talked of how he 6 me, he had begun to make friends, and for the first time in his twelve years, he had 7 spent an afternoon at a friend's house. She wanted to tell me how grateful she was for the 8 son. She kissed me again and left.

    I had nurtured(培养) in her I sat, stunned ( 惊 呆), for about half an hour , 9 what had just happened. How did I make such a life-changing difference to that boy without 10 knowing it? What I finally came to 11 was one day, several months before, when some students were 12 reports in the front of the class. Jeanne spoke13 ,and to encourage her to raise her voice, I had said, “Speak up. Simon's the expert on this. He is the 14 one you have to convince, and he can't hear you in the 15 of the room.” That was it. From that day on, Simon had sat up straighter, paid more attention, 16 more, and became happy. And it was all because he 17 to be the last kid in the last row. The boy who most needed 18was the one who took the last seat that day.

    It taught me the most 19 lesson over the years of my teaching career, and I'm thankful that it came 20 and positively. A small kindness can indeed make a difference.

    I guess I was spoiled at first. I was an only child, 1 by all relatives. Up until I was eight years old, life was 2. Then along came Grant and everything 3.

    Grant is my little brother. He was born a month earlier, so he needed a lot of extra 4. My parents still 5 me, but I was no longer the center of the universe. I was angry about the change. And at first, I was also 6 with Grant.

    Fortunately, Grants didn't cause any real 7 in his growth. Gradually, he developed the habit of 8 himself to me. My parents want me to be 9 to him, but I found him totally annoying. By the time I became a teenager, he was, at five, my shadow, 10 me around, copying my every move, and asking endless questions.

    Still, in spite of my unhappiness towards him, I began to 11 the time we spent together.

    As time went on, we developed connections and partnership, becoming more 12. Grant stopped asking to go along on dates with me, and I set aside time to go fishing with him. He cheered me on at my soccer games, and I 13 to coach his T-ball team. He became less 14 and more of a buddy. I became more patient, more able to 15 and more likely to accept the unconditional love he 16.

    Today I am happy to say that Grant and I are a 17. We have already 18 how he will come visit me when I am in college. It will be hard to be 19, but I know that we will always be close, if not in age or distance, we will be close in the long journey shared by 20.

In spite of the fact that I had stayed with my sister for 14 years. I knew one thing—I would not want to be like her. In high school, she was a journalist and it was 1 she talked about. No matter how many times I said it, I 2 myself in "Intro to Journalism" freshman year,3 . Why? That was because my mother wanted me to be a journalist, 

Though it was the4 thing I wanted to do, I got to realize the point of being a journalist. It was 5 writing a report. It was also communicating with people by telling stories. After a short term, I began to see what happened around me 6 —I saw things as7 , which I wanted to share with people who wants to 8 .

In the second semester, I joined the newspaper staff and 9 nearly every position on staff, from designing different columns to taking photographs. I wrote stories, opinions, and almost any other thing for every 10 of the paper.

I loved everything around me, but I found my gift in visual journalism. I had a/an 11 for design and I was12 ready to put in. When I was writing each story, I promised to tell in its entirety. There is possibility that some 13 of a story can't be presented in a paragraph form. That is 14 I came in. I worked to improve the 15 of our magazine every day. But my work is not 16 to this. I also worked to add the web and multimedia 17 the publication. I loved producing content for the newspaper. 18 , I found myself creating less and less through my junior year. Then 1 was thinking up ideas and helping others to do the 19 to make their work happen.

Now, I'm proud to say that I have fully made 20 of what it means to be a good storyteller.

Adam Wolfers believes that his son's autism(自闭症) has a positive impact on his hobby of photography. 10yearold Morgan has always possessed a 1 eye for capturing the world around him through his camera. Diagnosed(被诊断) with autism at the age of 3, Morgan has had a hard time 2 with others. 

3 these difficulties, he has shown an exceptional talent for noticing details that 4 others. Morgan has found clarity and focus in nature, particularly in the vivid colors and shapes of plants, leading him to 5 the art of nature photography. 

Not 6 with merely capturing pictures, Morgan has even established his own photography business, becoming one of the top sellers in a local shop. 7 , he donates ten percent of his 8 to support autistic artists through the Blue Ribbon Arts Initiative. 

However, his motivation for photography 9 financial gain, as he simply wants to share the beauty he 10 with others. His work has gained 11 , with one of his photos picked by National Geographic for 12 in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 

His parents teared up as they told what his photography means. Morgan's photography has become his saving grace(体面) because it gets people to look 13 his issues. "He's going to make his 14 , " his mother said. 

Morgan advises all of us to try new things and explore our 15 and what we want to do. In other words, don't be afraid to see things differently.