Russell Cassevah has been interested in Legos since he was 4 when his mom let him pick out his first Lego set. As an adult he took his love of Legos to another level: walking barefoot(赤脚) on the road covered with sharp Lego bricks. And last year, he broke a Guinness World Record for walking two miles barefoot on the bricks.

After his first world record, Cassevah decided to make good use of Legos. In 2019, Cassevah walked on Lego bricks to raise money for Fairy Bricks, a nonprofit in Britain that gives free Lego sets to sick kids. After finshing the task, he did some research about what Legos could do for kids in hospitals and knew he’d found his purpose

He was working at the time as a trainer for the Canon USA camera company and decided to use some of his earnings (工资) to buy Lego sets and send them to children’s hospitals on the weekends.

Cassevah’s life was changed in 2020 when he met an 1-year-old girl named Tessa who had brain cancer(癌症).“She is a lovely girl.” he recalled. “When she didn’t make it, it rocked my life.” In memory of Tessa, Cassevah quit his job and began traveling the country to send free Lego sets to children’s hospitals through the nonprofit. He created Little Bricks Charity. Each year, he uses donations to buy and give away more than $120000 worth of Lego sets to 29 children’s hospitals nationwide.

Cassevah recently completed a road trip to the Arkansas Children’s Northwest Hospital in Springdale, where he donated $9,000 worth of new Lego sets to young patients.“When I build Legos with kids my goal is to create fun memories,” he said. “More than anything,we laughed and had fun. My time with them reinforced(使更强烈)my feeling that I’m doing the right thing.”

In May， 1977， I lived in a Howard Johnson's motel (汽车旅馆). My dad and I shared a room with two double beds and a bathroom way too small for a modest 15﹣year﹣old girl and her father. Dad's second marriage was in trouble and my stepmother had kicked us both out of the house the previous week. Dad had no idea what to do with me. That's when my other family showed up.

Barbara and Roland Beach took me into their home because their only daughter， Su， my best friend， asked them to. I lived with them for the next seven years.

Barbara made sure I had lunch money， doctors' appointments， help with homework， and nightly hugs. Barbara and Roland attended every football game I took part in， every drama performance I was in even when I had no speaking lines. For the Beaches， there was no difference between Su and me: I was their daughter， too. When Su and I left for colleges， they kept my room the same for the entire four years when I attended school. Recently， Barbara presented me with an insurance policy they bought when I first moved in with them and had continued to pay for 25years.

The Beaches knew all about me when they took me in. When I was seven， my mother died. By the time I went to live with the Beaches， I believed that life was entirely unfair and that love was tenuous (脆弱的)and untrustworthy. I believed that the only person who would take care of me was me.

Without the Beaches， I would have become a bitter and unhappy woman. They gave me a home that allowed me to grow and change. They gave me the confidence to open my heart.

Last Monday, to prepare a picnic, I decided to go into a superstore which was on my way home.

I parked my car in the big parking lot and went into the superstore. It was a huge one, spread onto 2 stories and 200, 000+sq-ft. After 45 minutes of shopping(which looked like a real escape game)to just get some tomatoes, cheese and 3 toothpicks, I arrived at the cashier line, thoughtful and a bit upset by the time I spent to get 5 articles. I wondered why I did not go to a small local store.

After 15 minutes of waiting in the line, the woman in front of me called me: "Heyyou only have 5 articles? Pass before me; I have many more articles than you!"

It wasn’t the first time it had happened to me. But her initiative(提议)was disarming, as well as was her smile. She did not wear any mask, so I could see it. Not knowing what else to do, I accepted her offering. We chatted a bit waiting for the customers ahead of us to finish-she was very pleasant. Then I thanked her, giving                           her back my brightest smile although I was wearing a mask.

Getting back in my car, I rethought about that good moment, and realized that she made my day. In the meantime, I wondered how to give it back to her. No doubt it was quite impossible, so I considered how to pay-it-forward to someone else.

While driving, I realized that she saved me 10 minutes. And while I was driving at 70mph, I reduced my speed to 55 mph. The amount of fuel used dropped down by 35%.

As a result, I re-lost part of the 10 minutes that the woman offered me, but it was a way to repay her and do a small thing for the environment.