Most Valuable Possessions on Earth
Marie was a single mother of two children in a rural Missouri community. She also dedicated much spare time to numerous charities and community projects.
Then one day Marie received some shocking news from her doctor. She had cancer, and it was spreading rapidly.
Soon , Marie witnessed what she had always known: although she was not financially wealthy, she already had the most valuable possessions on earth. Hundreds in her community and surrounding areas teamed up to help her and her family.
Many people she had touched in caring ways demonstrated appreciation for Marie's life. However, she lived long enough to feel the love of those she had cheerfully served.
The spirits of love and gratitude multiply(增加) when they are shared. Giving selflessly was a value that Marie displayed all her life, and her spirit of giving lived after her in those who knew and loved her.
All her life, Marie had demonstrated(演示) the truth of this simple principle: Rather, it is an attitude that comes from appreciating what we already have. We can find the happiness we seek if we will first share it with others. Then —— and only then——we will have the most valuable possessions on earth: love, happiness, and increasing gratitude.
A. Happiness is the result of sharing love and gratitude.
B. She worked full-time during the day and sold handcrafted leather gifts on weekends.
C. She lived a rather poor and hard life with the two children.
D. Marie didn't live to see the day when her bills were fully paid.
E. Love is second to none.
F. She had barely enough resources to put a cent in the medical treatments she would need.
G. Happiness will not come from worldly possessions of fortune.
On Saturday, Juliet and Darcy, 17-year-old friends, were enjoying sunshine at Furness Park when they noticed a man fall down on the sidewalk. They hurried to1 the man.
Darcy felt 2 he was going to die in front of them. She took a closer 3. Then she observed his chest not going up and down, which meant he wasn't 4.
The girls knew they needed to 5 help. While Darcy stayed with the 6 man, Juliet ran to nearby homes and began ringing doorbells, but no one 7. "I am really afraid he is going to die without help," Darcy said 8.
Juliet continued to run for help. She finally found some men fixing a car and told them the 9. But they didn't 10 what the girl said at first. They asked, "Is what you said a joke?" And she answered, "No, call 911 right now."
The repairmen got it and then 11 CPR (心肺复苏术) on the unconscious man until doctors arrived and used a defibrillator (电击器) to restart his 12. Doctors said the man was in critical condition and should be 13 to hospital.
A doctor said, "To their 14, the two girls take fast action which is called ‘a chain of survival', which can save the 15 of a patient in a dangerous situation."
"What the two girls did was quite 16," said another doctor. "They jumped into action to try to save a(n) 17, and they didn't give up until that task was 18." But doctors didn't get the girls' names at that time, so they launched a(n) 19 to the public to find them.
Finally, the two girls were found and praised for helping save a man's life on the weekend. "We were brave," Darcy said. "We got a bit scared in the beginning, but later we realized 20 won't help the man."