Once a traveler came into a village, 【小题1】（hunger）. The villagers tried to stop the traveler from staying, 【小题2】（fear）he wanted them to give him food. They told him that there's no food anywhere 【小题3】（find）. The traveler gave an 【小题4】（explain）that he didn't need any food and that, 【小题5】 fact, he was planning to make a soup to share with all of them. The villagers watched 【小题6】（strange）as he built a fire and filled a large pot with water. Then he pulled a stone from a bag, dropping the stone into the pot. He tasted the soup and said 【小题7】delicious the stone soup was. As the villagers began to show interest, he said how good the soup 【小题8】（be）with just a little cabbage in it. A villager brought out a cabbage to share. This event repeated 【小题9】（it）until the soup had cabbage, carrots and onions-indeed, a large soup that fed everyone in the village.

Are you like one of the villagers, holding back？If you come forward and share your gifts, you will encourage others to do the same. The reward is 【小题10】 gift that can benefit（使受益）many.

   A beautiful，young girl is smiling at me from a picture frame on my desk as I write this. She is my sponsored child from the Philippines and even though I have never met her _________ she has found a special place in my heart. It doesn't _________ me much to help her，about a dollar a day. _________，millions of people in this world live on _________. The joy that helping her gives me，however，is _________ price，which I never experienced in my life. It _________ me to her，to life，and to love.

I can _________ remember the first time that I decided to help a child _________. It was many years ago. I was only a teenager myself and for the first time in my life I had a little extra money each month. I didn't feel like _________ anything，though. We lost everything we had in a house fire a few years ago and going through that had __________ me a lot. I had learned that I didn't need a lot of "stuff" to be __________. I had also read a lot about the __________ of children in poor countries around the world. It seemed like a far better thing then to __________ what I could to help them. With my mom's love and support I soon found a few __________ like Children International that were serving others around the world. It felt so good being able to __________ and help another in need. It felt so good being able to make even one life better. I could feel the mercy and empathy（共鸣）growing within me and beginning to __________ me.

Empathy does change us. It makes us into better people with bigger __________ and a clearer view of life. It shows us that we truly are one __________ on Earth. It helps us to love, to be kind, and to make this world a __________ place.

Let your empathy grow then. Let your love grow. Let your heart grow bigger and bigger every __________ day.

   Show up for life Are you engaged in making life better for yourself and others？Do you keep a positive _________？Do you work toward your goals or do you just hope for the best？

The way you _________ yourself says a lot about what's happening in your world. If you walk into a room，_________about what's happening，willing to engage，and perceive yourself in a positive light，you _________ your life to opportunities. When you walk into a room with your eyes _________，nervously smiling，you show lack of confidence，a contrary attitude，and want to _________ someone.

If you realize that you're not _________ showing up，you have the necessary inspiration to _________ the right choices. The choices will help you _________ for this journey known as life.

There are many things you can do to __________ the life you desire. When you show up for life，you'll find purposes in doing what you want to __________ in life. You'll find places and opportunities that can give you the _______ you have dreamed of. You'll experience the passion（激情）for living that you __________ dreamed. When you are __________ engaged in showing up，you'll find whatever it was that you needed. You'll be full of __________ and become passionate about what is expected of you each day.

There is nothing __________ than the feeling of showing up for your own life. When you do this, you become one who is more confident and who has the ability to make things __________ in your own life. You' ll walk through the world with the __________ that you have and a great __________ to share it. With the knowledge, you' ll also correct your wrong ways and move forward instead of __________ back with your talents to succeed. Show up for life. We' re all expecting the best from you.