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I had a quarrel（争吵）with my boss this morning and it really drove me crazy. I decided to go for a run because exercise would work to make me ______.

I put my earphones on, listened to music that could make me happy and ran out of the door. But I couldn’t stop thinking about the ______ of my morning and was filled with more anger（怒气）.I wasted so much of my energy thinking about my morning that I couldn’t ______ anything.

I ran fast, ignoring（忽视）all around me. And then something unexpected（意想不到的）happened. About 3/4 of my way through the run I met an old man. I’d guess he was in seventies. As I was ______ him, the man smiled and gave me a thumbs-up（竖起大拇指）. Did he just do that? I thought so but wasn’t sure. It made me smile and took me right out of my bad ______.

I thought to myself how amazing that was— a little piece of kindness from a ______. It was exactly what I needed and I hoped he knew the difference it made.

So I turned around and rushed back to catch up with him. I came up behind him and said, “Excuse me, I don’t mean to be a strange person but...” At this moment the old man was looking at me ______. He must be thinking something was really wrong with me. “Did you just smile and give me a thumbs-up?” When I doubted if he would answer my question, he ______ and said “Yes!” And I told him how it ______ everything and that I really appreciated（感激）it. And a big smile appeared on his face.

Though a moment of kindness is ______, it makes such a difference. It made my day.