When actor Jason Segel was asked if he's ever concerned about giving too much of himself to others, he said it's important not to give to others who are just there to take. "It's the cycle of giving and receiving and giving and receiving that is what friendship is supposed to be about, so that you never get emptied out," he said. "It's the rich exchange of love."
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After being in separate foster homes for much of their childhood, brothers Tre and Ke'lynn were adopted in a surprise ceremony, and finally able to grow up together.
Angelina Jolie accepted the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 2013, and shared a lesson she learned from her mother. "Nothing would mean anything if I didn't live a life of use to others," she said.
"When we love someone for who they are, we see how quickly they transform into the greatest, most inspired version of themselves."
In 2016, 4-year old Norah Wood started a friendship with a mourning widower named Dan Peterson during a chance encounter at a grocery store. Though Dan has passed, the lesson on unconditional love remains.