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.”

   One random act of kindness can make someone's day, but a man in Florida knows a good 1 isn't a one-time thing.

    After spending three months in and out of the hospital with numerous health issues, Donald Austin had his 2 partially cut off. He was relieved to finally be able to go home after just four days recovering from the 3. When he reached his porch, though, the 4 disappeared.

Donald thought he'd be able to 5 up the steps to the front door on crutches (拐杖）, but he found he was too weak to keep his 6 He had to sit in the wheelchair, but the wheelchair was too heavy for his wife, Jennifer Austin, to lift up the steps, even when his mom pitched in. Donald ended up on the ground, the family feeling totally 7.

    Just then, a car caught the family's eye. It had driven past 8 was slowly circling back. The stranger, Steven Smith, 9 and asked if he could help. 10, the family watched Smith lift Donald inside and lay him 11 on a couch.

    But the good man knew there was 12 to do.

    Smith 13 this wasn't the only time Donald would need to climb those 14 ? So the next day，Smith came back and asked if he could build a ramp(坡道）in front of the house. With his dad and a couple more 15 , Smith set up a ramp 16 the steps to make the house 17 to the wheelchair. The act of kindness brought the family to18?

    “This stranger has saved the day for us 19 within 24 hours. He also 20 our spirits that had become increasingly dimmed over the difficult months,” Jennifer wrote on Facebook.

    There once was a king in a faraway country. One day, he decided to1a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of2So many artists 3The king looked at all the pictures4there were only two he really liked, and he had to 5between them. One picture was of a6lake. The lake was a perfect mirror with peaceful huge mountains all around it. Above was a 7sky with light white clouds. All who 8this picture thought that it was a perfect picture of peace.

    The other picture had9too. But these were not flat at all. Above was a (an)10 sky, from which rain fell heavily and in which lightning played 11Down the side of the mountain was a waterfall with loud sound. This did not look 12at all.

    But when the king looked 13he saw behind the waterfall a small tree 14in a crack (缝隙) in the rock. In the tree a mother bird had 15her comfortable home. There, with the current of angry water, the mother bird was 16her hungry children in the nest, taking no attention to the 17things around them — in perfect peace.

    Which picture do you think18the prize? The king chose the second picture. Do you know why?

    “Because” said the king, “peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise,19 or hard work. Peace means although noisy things are around you, you20keep calm in the heart. That is the real meaning of peace.”

    I worried about my personal image and how I could be remembered during my boyhood. In the fifth grade, there seemed to be only one 1－to be cool. In the sixth grade, suddenly, there were two choices: be cool, or be invisible. 2 one day, when a teacher had us fill out a questionnaire with 3 questions, I found the4 option.

    Assuming the teacher would read our answers privately, I felt it was 5 to share my privacy. To my 6, she collected and redistributed (重新分发) them to us. We were asked to 7 the name and our three favorite answers to the whole class. My answers went to the meanest boy in class.

    The first question was “What's your favorite movie?” My answer was Beauty and the Beast. A laugh erupted and my cheeks 8. The next was “Where would you like to travel?” My answer was 9 special — “Wherever a book takes me.” The 10 this time had an explosive quality.

    I could11 remember what happened next; all that I had in mind was the laughter. But something amazing happened. A(n) 12 came, “Guys, cut it out.” The room went 13. It's Michelle Siever, a popular and cool girl. Then she 14, “Why are you laughing? What is the point of 15 if we just laugh at others?”

I can't remember the teacher or other kids' names, but I remember Michelle's. When she 16 for me that day, she 17 me we actually have three choices if we want to be remembered.

    Be cool, and you might be remembered 18. Stay invisible, and you won't be remembered at all. But if you stand up 19 someone when he or she 20you most, then you will be remembered as their hero for the rest of their life.

    When most of us get a text message on our cell phone from an unknown person, we usually say "sorry, 1number!" and move on. But when Dennis Williams 2a text that clearly wasn't intended for him, he did something 3.

    On March 19, Dennis got a group text 4 him that a couple he didn't know were at the hospital, waiting for the 5of a baby.

    "Congratulations! But I think someone was mistaken," Dennis6. The baby was born and update texts were 7 quickly from the overjoyed grandmother, Teresa. In her 8, she didn't seem to realize that she was 9 the baby's photos with a complete stranger. "Well, I don't 10you all but I will get there to take pictures with the baby," replied Dennis before asking which room the new 11were in.

    Much to the family's surprise, Dennis stuck to his 12 ! He turned up at the hospital 13 gifts for the new mother Lindsey and her baby boy. Lindsey's husband was totally 14 by the unexpected visit. "I don't think we would have randomly invited him over but we 15 it and the gifts."

    Teresa 16 a photo of the chance meeting on a social networking website 17 by the touching words: "What a 18 this young man was to our family! He was so 19 and kind to do this." The post has since gained the20 of social media users all over the world, receiving more than 184,000 shares and 61,500 likes in just three days.

    In 1989, an 8.2 earthquake almost flattened America, killing over 30,000 people in less than four minutes. In the middle of complete damage and disorder, a father rushed to the school where his son was supposed to be, 1 that the building was 2.

    After the unforgettably initial shock, he 3 the promise he had made to his son: "No matter 4, I'll always be there for you!" And tears began to 5 his eyes. As he looked at the pile of ruins, it looked hopeless, but he kept remembering his 6 to his son. He rushed there and started 7 the ruins.

    As he was digging, other helpless parents arrived, 8: "It's too late! They're all dead! 9, face reality, there's nothing you can do!" To each parent he responded with 10: "Are you going to help me now?" No one helped. And then he continued to dig for his son, stone by stone.

    Courageously he went on alone because he needed to know 11: "Is my boy 12 or is he dead? "He dug for eight hours...12 hours...24 hours...36 hours...then, in 13 hour, he pulled back a large stone and heard his son's 14. He screamed his son's name, "ARMAND!" He heard back, "Dad! It's me, Dad! I told the other kids not to worry. I told them that if you were alive, you 15 me and 16 you saved me, they'd be saved. You promised, 'No matter what happens, I'll always be there for you! 'You did it, Dad!"

    "What's going on in there?" the father asked.

    "There are 14 of us 17 18 33, Dad. We're scared, hungry, thirsty and thankful you're here. When the building collapsed, it made 19, and it saved us".

    "Come out, boy!"

    "No, Dad! Let the other kids out first, 20 I know you'll get me! No matter what happens, I know you'll always be there for me!"