I was invited to attend a presentation at the Kentucky School. That evening I found gratitude had amazing______to change our attitude and our life.

The young musician Mr. Patrick was ______ onto the stage in his wheelchair and began to play the piano. His fingers danced _____the keys as he made beautiful music. He then began to sing as he played, and it was wonderful. But what shocked me most was his _____ smile.

Mr. Patrick was born with no eyes and an illness in the legs, which _____ him lame for life. However, as a child, he was _____ artificial eyes and placed in a wheelchair. Before his first birthday, he discovered the piano. ____ his mom hit any note on the piano, and within one or two ____, he’d get it. By his second birthday, he was playing “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.” His father was _______. “We might not play baseball, but we can play music together.”

When Patrick was at the University of Louisville, his father ______ classes with him. He was also a part of the 214-member marching band! He was a blind, wheelchair-bound trumpet player; and he and his father did it together. His father ______the night shift (夜班) in order to accompany his daytime band practice. Patrick says,“My dad’s my _____.”

But even more than his _____ musical talent, it was Patrick’s“attitude of gratitude” that ____ my soul. On stage, between songs, he talked to the audience about his life and about how ______ he was with a great father. When his performance was over, Patrick and his father were on the stage together. The crowd rose to their feet and _____ for over five minutes.

We all face misfortune in our lives. ____, it’s not the hardship but how we _____   to it that will determine the joy and happiness in our lives. During ______ times, do we spend too much time feeling ______ for ourselves, or can we, with gratitude, learn how to dance in the rain?

Devin Hinkston, 30, was driving through the town when he spotted a boy playing basketball in his driveway. When he got _________, he realized the boy was using a trash can as a basketball hoop.

Hinkston decided to _________ that.

“I always do random acts of _________ Hinkston said. “For example, when I see a _________person, I'll buy him a jacket or food. I just never _________ about it on social media because that's not the reason why I do it. I do it from the _________"

When Hinkston _________ the house with a basketball hoop as a gift, he was greeted by Patricia Williams and her 8-year-old grandson Jeremiah. Williams said Jeremiah loves _________ and plays it in the league in a local church.

“This man was a complete _________”, Williams said. “I just started crying because I fell he was an angel.”

Hinkston said he got __________ too. "Jeremiah was jumping for __________ and I was dropping tears," Hinkston said. "It was special."

Hinkston said he has stayed in __________ with the family and plans to go back to the house to help them __________ the basketball hoop. His __________ dream, he said, is to fund a __________ gym for the kids in the community so they have activities to do after school.

Cinnamon(桂皮)Lady

I got a call from my sister that my dad had taken a turn for the worse,and I needed to get home right away. I wasn't _______for that. When I got to the hospital, he had already slipped _______a coma (昏迷). I had   _______ all the dramatic goodbyes that were said because everyone knew he was not going to _______it. So that was upsetting.

After two weeks, I brought up the idea that maybe we should take my dad off life _______. We all knew it was time. I thought that once the medical aid was _______there would be a lot of crying for ten to fifteen minutes, and then the person would pass away. _______, we waited for five hours.

Right in the middle of this, the attending doctor _______for another patient into our room. When nurses   _______a woman in,one who had just had heart surgery, I thought.“That's not a good idea. My dad is dying. Why are you bringing in a woman who's had heart surgery? It's a bad __________.”

The woman was on a lot of medication, saying crazy things and __________ her covers off. I'm on this side of the room, with a__________that is not very soundproof, sitting by my dad, saying, “I love you, Dad.”

From the other side, we heard."Cinnamon

“You were such a great dad to me.”

“Dad, you were wonderful.”

“ Cinnamon.”

__________, we couldn't help laughing, because our life was exploding in front of our eyes, and at that moment we were crying and laughing. We all stopped crying for a moment and laughed really __________.

Four hours later, a nurse said，“It's time. His heart rate is __________.” We held my dad's hands and the nurse said again.“Maybe if you tell him it's OK to go, he'll go.”So we all said，“ Daddy，it's OK” and “ We love you.” And my mom said,“John, you were such a great dad and I love you.”

Suddenly across the room from the old lady in the bed, we heard, Don 't go John.”

Yeah. That was __________was inside me. I thought I gave that woman my words :“Don 't go John. Don 't go John.”But he did. I had my hand on his chest and his heart __________.

Later, we found out Cinnamon Lady--that's what I __________ her, Cinn Lady--didn't have anyone in her life named John. I thought: Wow! That's __________.”But we also __________ she was a baker. So we understood the cinnamon part.