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Have you ever had a day when everything seemed to go wrong, and ________ seemed to go right? Not too long ago I was having one of those days. I was discouraged, tired, and ________. My focus was on me. After all, no one else was experiencing the same test I was.

I expressed my upset feelings to my mother, hoping for some ________. Instead, she said, “I heard Jamie was having a difficult day too. Why don’t you make her some ________ and we’ll take them to her this afternoon?”

I didn’t really want to,________ I decided that I didn’t want to go back to my other problems just yet. I made the cookies and put them on a little plate. Then I made a card ________ a sunflower on it and wrote a small note.

That afternoon we ________ my friend’s house. I went to the door and rang the bell. Soon Jamie came to the door and looked at me in surprise for the ________ visit. Before she could say anything I rushed, “I heard you were having a hard day and ________ you some sweet cookies. I hope your day goes ________.” The look that came over Jamie’s face was one that I could never put into ________. It was as if a darkened sky was suddenly bright with the golden, rays of the sun; it was as if in that small act, her day was ________.

I got back into the car and for some ________ reason, I felt a lot better myself. That day I ________ the truth that James Barrie described: “Those ________ bring sunshine to the lives of others can not keep it from themselves.”