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I felt very depressed the other day. The weather had been dark and rainy, and I just didn't feel so   36   . As I was sitting at my desk, I  37   it was the birthday of a dear long-time friend — a single, middle-aged woman who had devoted the past 30 years to nursing and loving her  38  .

Knowing that she didn't have family in town, I  39  to give her a call. Sure enough, she was on her shift,   40   to work late into the evening, and wouldn't have  41  of a birthday this year. As always, though, she  42  cheerful and was happy that I  43  .

After I hung up, I couldn't  44  the feeling that she would really appreciate a little attention on her special day.   45  feeling a little depressed myself, I tried to put it out of my mind, but as the day passed, I couldn't shake the thought. I  46  gave in, and set off to the hospital with a card, a cheese cake, and some balloons that evening. My friend's grateful smile and joyful surprise   47   me that I'd done the right thing, and they were a generous   48    for the little effort it had taken.

When I got home, I realized that not only had I cheered up a  49   friend on her birthday, but my own negative feelings had also disappeared. Making her day had   50   my own! Isn't that the way it is  51   we take the time and make the   52   to do something for someone else? It's just like the saying, “Loving kindness is twice blessed; it blesses him who gives, and him who  53 .”

Cheering up people on their birthdays isn't the only thing we can do to make their day. Life constantly presents us with  54  to take an extra step or do a kind deed that will make a difference to  55  . And the wonderful thing is that as we do, it changes things for the better for us too.

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