Terror attacked the heart of the World War I soldier，as he saw his lifelong friend falling in the battle.Caught in a trench（战壕） with 1 gunfire whizzing（飕飕地移动）over his head，the soldier asked his 2 if he might go out into the “No Man's Land” between the trenches to bring his 3 partner back.

    “You can go，”said the officer，“but I don't think it will be worth it.Your friend is 4 dead and you may throw your own 5 away.”

    The officer's words didn't 6 to him，and the soldier went anyway. Surprisingly he 7 to reach his friend，lift him onto his 8 ， and bring him back to their own trench.As the two of them 9 in together to the bottom of the trench，the officer 10 the wounded soldier，and then looked kindly at his friend.

    “I told you it wouldn't be worth it，” he said.“Your friend is dead，and you are terribly wounded.”

“It was worth it，11 ， sir，” the soldier said.

    “What do you mean by 'worth it'?”12 the officer.“Your friend is dead!” “Yes sir，” the soldier answered.“But it was worth it because when I got to him，he was still 13 ， and I had the 14 of hearing him say，'Jim，I knew you'd come.'”

    Many a time in 15 ， whether a thing is worth doing or not really depends on 16 you look at it.Take up all your 17 and do something your 18 tells you to do so that you may not 19 doing it later in life.May each and every one of you be blessed with the company of 20 friends.

    When I settled in Chicago, my new city seemed so big and unfriendly. Then I had a 1problem and had to go to hospital for a2examination.

    It seemed a small3compared to the one I was about to face ,but things started to go4right from the beginning.Not having a car or5the city, I was depending on a couple of buses to get me from A  to B. 6I'd left myself plenty of time, soon it was7I was going to be late, as I had mistakenly boarded a bus that was taking me in the8direction.

    I9the bus and stood on the pavement not knowing what to do. I looked into the eyes of a 10, who was trying to get past me11, instead of moving on,she stopped to ask if I was12. After I explained my13 to her, she pointed to a bus stop across the street, where a bus would take me back into the city to my14. Sitting there waiting, I felt15that someone had been willing to help.16, hearing a horn (喇叭) nearby, I looked up to see a car with my new friend17at me to get in. She had returned to offer me a18to the hospital.

    Such unexpected19from a passer-by was a lovely gift to receive. As I climbed out of the car at the hospital and turned to thank her, she smiled and told me not to lose20, for all things are possible.

    A woman couldn't find her wallet at Gilleece's bar. She didn't 1 about her $1500 in cash as her wedding ring was in side.

    Gilleece disliked the 2that a theft could have occurred. So he was 3 to help. He spent hours 4footage(影像)from security cameras and he saw a boy put something into his pocket and walk off. Gilleece 5a clip(片段)on the bar's Facebook page. "I didn't want to 6 him," he said." I just asked if anybody knew the guy was. "Within hours, Gilleece got a text from 17-year-old Rivens Prather. who admitted doing it because he was7 He said he opened the wallet and saw the ring, thinking it was fake, so he took the money and threw the wallet 8 the docks(码头)into the ocean. Gilleece told the teen to meet him at the docks where Cilleece, a father of two, saw him for what he was: more of a kid than a(n)9

    But the 10 were high. The police were already on the 11; Prather could be facing theft charges. I had to help him 12,"says Gilleece. He 13 two local divers to search the waters.14, a detective was waiting there. A crowd had 15 to watch the two divers search in the icy water. Hours passed, with no 16 of the ring. And then a diver17, ring in hand. Cheers erupted from the crowd. When Gilleece called the wallet's owner, she burst into tears.

    It wasn't 18 for Gilleece. He'd been troubled about Prather sleeping in the cold woods, hungry. Gilleece took Prather into his home and helped him find a 19.

    "Most people would have thought I was a thief while he chose to help me, "Prather said." I feel 20every day."

    After 21 years of marriage, Bill Henrichs and Mary Ziegler concluded that they were no longer a good match. The couple politely divorced in 1995 and went their 1 ways, but they continued to see each other when meeting their 2at their school and sporting events. In February 2018, 3 , she and Henrichs learned they were a match in a different way.

    Henrichs's kidneys(肾)were 4, and he was in need of a 5.After nearly 40 family members and friends were tested as possible 6 , the result surprised all—only one person 7 to be a perfect match—Ziegler.

    So on Oct.16 more than four decades after they said "I do, "she and Henrichs, 62 , were 8into an operating room, and one of Ziegler's healthy kidneys was 9 and given to her ex-husband. The surgery went well, and the transplant is 10 well and continuing to improve as Mr. Henrichs 11 from the surgery. Henrichs was beyond grateful for his ex-wife's sympathy and 12 , but he was also worried in the hours before the 13 .

    Just three weeks after the transplant, she was back to work and doing yoga—a quick turnaround considering that the 14 kidney donor needs a healing period of six to eight 15."This entire experience has brought us all 16."She and Henrichs hope that by sharing their story, other 17 will realize that divorce is not always a reason to 18ties.

    "Divorce is divorce, but there's no reason to 19 , "Henrichs said."There are lots of reasons why it's 20 to get along." He pauses and laughs." Someday, you just might need a kidney."

    It's 27 years since my last conversation with my mother, who didn't finish school like many of her contemporary girls. She often told me, "I never got my 1 but one day you will."

    Pointing to a tree or cow, she asked me to 2 their English names after her. Feeling 3, I asked, "Mama, why do I have to learn these 4 phrases?" She held her pen right before my eyes. "Hold it firmly," she 5 me, "for this pen and the new foreign language will be your compass to 6 around the world." Sadly, my mother died of breast cancer when I was six.

    Turning seven, I traveled 30 miles to live closer to my school. But "closer" is a 7 term in Uganda, which 8 I had to get up as the 9 sun rose and then ran 8. 8 miles barefoot to school. Also, I needed to carry a stick in 10 of snakes and dogs. During the 11 season, the path to school was 12 daily and I'd swim with one hand, using the other hand to 13 the book bag on my head.

    Research shows 70 percent of poor children don't 14 primary school in Uganda. Reasons for this 15 dropout rate includes the long 16 some children must 17 among many other reasons.

    Fortunately, I've made it. Whenever I see the sun rise, I am 18 of the wisdom of my mother, who 19 me to dream big and to use the 20 of the pen to make my dream come true.

Volunteering has been a way of life for me for the past five years since I was fifteen.

In 2020 I1 with a newly founded social enterprise, which conducted cooking lessons for visually impaired (视障) trainee2 . I absolutely loved it as it involved meaningful 3 with people and I was fully4 throughout the entire time I was there. This was unlike some other types of volunteering, which may involve mostly behind-the-scenes work that can get5 after a while.

We called ourselves "sighted assistants" and each of us was6 with a visually impaired trainee chef. As a volunteer, I would walk with the trainee to the Enabling Village7 , and then ensure their 8 as they learned to cook a new dish. This included helping them9 the position of the sink, ensuring proper use of electrical appliances,10 boiling and hot objects, as well as being careful with knives among other things.

Being there with them made me truly11 appreciate how difficult life can be when you are partially sighted or completely blind. Every tiny task12 requires massive effort. There are so many people with visual impairments, I realized13 . While medicine still does not have the power to cure all of these conditions, we are never short of ways to empower these individuals by making life14 easier and 15 more meaningful for them.