A friend wrote me a letter a few weeks ago. He felt hopeless at the time. He ended his letter with this question: “We can’t really change this crazy world we live in, can we?” I replied to him and started my own letter with these words: “Yes, we most certainly can!”

I can still remember someone who changed my world. She was the music teacher at primary school. She was good at playing the guitar. I wanted to impress her. However, I didn’t know how to play any instruments.

One day, she let me try playing her guitar. I did my best, but could only stumble（结结巴巴）along. When I was done, I put my head down. “I guess I am not very good at playing the guitar,” I told her. She looked at me with her kind eyes, smiled at me and said, “Remember, my dear little boy, we are all good at something. You just need to find out what you are good at. Then, you can share it with the world.”

Those simple words changed me. They planted a seed in my soul that continues to grow to this day. They made me realize that I had something good inside me. I just had to find it and share it.

Can you change the world? Yes, you can! You can change the world by sharing your kindness.You can change it through one choice, one person, and one kind act at a time. All you have to do is share your kindness. Mother Teresa once said, “God doesn’t ask us to do great things, only small things with great love.” So make your love great.

Billy always loved blueberries. They were his favorite fruit. Today he was going to make juice with his uncle. His uncle liked to make juice out of everything. He made carrot juice, apple juice, vegetable juice, and more juices. He had never made blueberry juice before though!

First, Billy and his uncle went to a blueberry farm. They were each given a basket. They picked for an hour and got several pounds. It was hard work picking the little berries from the trees. Now Billy understood why they were expensive in the store.

Next, they had to wash the fruit. Some of them still had leaves. Those had to be pulled off. Then the bad berries had to be thrown away. They washed the berries and made them air-dry.

After that, they pushed the blueberries through a strainer (过滤网). The strainer caught most of the seeds and skins, and only left a small glass of dark purple juice to them.

When they tasted the juice, it wasn’t very sweet. Billy’s uncle didn’t want to add white sugar to the juice. It was better to use a naturally sweet juice, like apple juice, pear juice, or grape juice. They used grape juice as a sweetener (甜味剂), because grapes had a similar color to the blueberries.

Finally, they could drink it. It was a lot of work to make juice, but it sure was refreshing!