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A Childs Words
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A group of professional people posed this question to a group of4-to-8-year-olds:
"What does love mean?"

The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think.

"Love is that first feeling you feel before all the bad stuff gets in the way."
Charlie, age 5

"When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love."
Rebecca, age 8

"When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You know that your name is safe in their mouth."
Billy, age 4

"Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other."
Karl, age 5

"Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs."
Chrissy, age 6

"Love is when someone hurts you. And you get so mad but you don't yell at them because you know it would hurt their feelings."
Samantha, age 7

"Love is what makes you smile when you're tired."
Terri, age 4

"Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK.
"Danny, age 7

"Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more. My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss. "
Emily, age 8

"Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen."
Bobby, age 5

"If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate."
Nikka, age 6

"Love is hugging. Love is kissing. Love is saying no"
Patty, age 8

When you tell someone something bad about yourself and you're scared they won't love you anymore. But then you get surprised because not only do they still love you, they love you even more."
Matthew, age 7

"There are two kinds of love. Our love. God's love. But God
makes both kinds of them."
Jenny, age 8

"Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday."
Noelle, age 7

"Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well."
Tommy, age 6

"During my piano recital, I was on a stage and scared. I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling. He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore."
Cindy, age 8

"My mommy loves me more than anybody. You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night."
Clare, age 5

"Love is when mommy gives daddy the best piece of chicken."
Elaine, age 5

"Love is when mommy sees daddy smelly and sweaty and still says
he is handsomer than Robert Redford."
Chris, age 8

"Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left
him alone all day."
Mary Ann, age 4

"I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones."
Lauren, age 5

I let my big sister pick on me because my Mom says she only picks on me because she loves me. So I pick on my baby sister because I love her."
Bethany, age 4

"Love cards like Valentine's cards say stuff on them that we'd like to say ourselves, but we wouldn't be caught dead saying."
Mike, age 8

"When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you."
Karen, age 7

"Love is when mommy sees daddy on the toilet and she doesn't think it's gross."
Mark, age 8

"You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget."
Jessica, age 8

"God could have said magic words to make the nails fall off the
cross, but He didn't. That's love."
Max, age 5

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Diamonds are a girl's best friend. Dogs are a man's best
friend. Now you know which sex is smarter

A newly discovered chapter in the Book of Genesis has provided the answer to "Where do pets come from?"
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Adam and Eve said, "Lord, when we were in the garden, you walked with us
every day. Now we do not see you anymore. We are lonesome here and it is
difficult for us to remember how much you love us."

And God said, "No problem! I will create a companion for you that will be
with you forever and who will be a reflection of my love for you, so that
you will love me even when you cannot see me. Regardless of how selfish or
childish or unlovable you may be, this new companion will accept you as
you are and will love you as I do, in spite of yourselves."

And God created a new animal to be a companion for Adam and Eve. And it
was a good animal. And God was pleased. And the new animal was pleased to
be with Adam and Eve and he wagged his tail.

And Adam said, "Lord, I have already named all the animals in the Kingdom
and I cannot think of a name for this new animal." And God said, "No
problem. Because I have created this new animal to be a reflection of my
love for you, his name will be a reflection of my own name, and you will
call him DOG."

And Dog lived with Adam and Eve and was a companion to them and loved
them.

And they were comforted.

And God was pleased.

And Dog was content and wagged his tail.

After a while, it came to pass that an angel came to the Lord and said,
"Lord, Adam and Eve have become filled with pride. They strut and preen
like peacocks and they believe they are worthy of adoration. Dog has
indeed taught them that they are loved, but perhaps too well."

And God said, "No problem! I will create for them a companion who will be
with them forever and who will see them as they are. The companion will
remind them of their limitations, so they will know that they are not
always worthy of adoration."

And God created CAT to be a companion to Adam and Eve. And Cat would not
obey them. And when Adam and Eve gazed into Cat's eyes, they were reminded
that they were not the supreme beings. And Adam and Eve learned humility.

And they were greatly improved.

And God was pleased.

And Dog was happy.

And Cat didn't give a shit one way or the other
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Truer words were never spoken.....
This was Kurt Vonnegut's commencement address at MIT. Spring 1997, well maybe not but they are good words any way.

Check out the One Liners

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Ladies and gentlemen of the class of '97:

Wear sunscreen.

If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The

long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the

rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience.

I will dispense this advice now.


Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Oh, never mind. You will not

understand the power and beauty of your youth until they've faded. But trust

me, in 20 years, you'll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way

you can't grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you

really looked. You are not as fat as you imagine.

Don't worry about the future. Or worry, but know that worrying is as

effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum. The

real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your

worried mind, the kind that blindside you at 4 pm on some idle Tuesday.

Do one thing every day that scares you.

Sing.

Don't be reckless with other people's hearts. Don't put up with people who

are reckless with yours.

Floss..

Don't waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're

behind. The race is long and, in the end, it's only with yourself.

Remember compliments you receive. Forget the insults. If you succeed in

doing this, tell me how.

Keep your old love letters. Throw away your old bank statements.

Stretch.

Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your life. The

most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with

their lives. Some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know still don't.


Get plenty of calcium. Be kind to your knees. You'll miss them when they're gone.

Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll have children, maybe you

won't. Maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance the funky chicken on

your 75th wedding anniversary. Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself

too much, or berate yourself either. Your choices are half chance. So are

everybody else's.

Enjoy your body. Use it every way you can. Don't be afraid of it or of what

other people think of it. It's the greatest instrument you'll ever own.

Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room.


Read the directions, even if you don't follow them.

Do not read beauty magazines. They will only make you feel ugly.

Get to know your parents. You never know when they'll be gone for good. Be

nice to your siblings. They're your best link to your past and the people

most likely to stick with you in the future

Understand that friends come and go, but with a precious few you should hold

on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle, because the

older you get, the more you need the people who knew you when you were young.

Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard. Live in

Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.

Travel.

Accept certain inalienable truths: Prices will rise. Politicians will

philander. You, too, will get old. And when you do, you'll fantasize that

when you were young, prices were reasonable, politicians were noble, and

children respected their elders.

Respect your elders.

Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund. Maybe

you'll have a wealthy spouse. But you never know when either one might run out.

Don't mess too much with your hair or by the time you're 40 it will look 85.


Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it.

Advice is a form of nostalgia. Dispensing it is a way of fishing the past

from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling

it for more than it's worth.

But trust me on the sunscreen.

Bill Gates' Advice
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Here's some advice Bill Gates recently dished out at a high school speech
about 11 things they did not learn in school. He talks about how feel-good,
politically correct teaching has created a full generation of kids with no
concept of reality and how this concept sets them up for failure in the real
world.


RULE 1
Life is not fair - get used to it.


RULE 2
The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to
accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.


RULE 3
You will NOT make 40 thousand dollars a year right out of high school. You
won't be a vice president with a car phone, until you earn both.


RULE 4
If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss. He doesn't
have tenure.


RULE 5
Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a
different word for burger flipping - they called it opportunity.


RULE 6
If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your
mistakes, learn from them.


RULE 7
Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They
got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to
you talk about how cool you are. So before you save the rain forest from the
parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own
room.


RULE 8
Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life has not. In
some schools they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as many
times as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest
resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.


RULE 9
Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few
employers are interested in helping you find yourself. Do that on your own
time.


RULE 10
Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the
coffee shop and go to jobs.


RULE 11
Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.

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