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 Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.
- {, R: d( ]6 ^; K* R1 c. r9 gTouching words from the mouths of babes.5 h+ [+ A+ T" E
What does 'Love' mean?6 b9 m, s& }: H5 |; r
A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?'" l& j) S1 D$ d( X! y4 ]# L) O: {! k8 G
The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:8 [; w+ l% o0 B
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'When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore.
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So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'! I6 }* `/ K/ Q Y) z
Rebecca- age 8
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) L5 S0 ^; e F* R'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.
. @7 }& q P; t3 h, @2 YYou just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'" | u P/ _4 D) X0 J, E; F
Billy - age 4' R- _" j( \: M) D) e
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'Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.'
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$ a, Z1 ]1 s' I/ Z'Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.'
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Terri - age 4; G4 y, o, [; s2 N3 I$ ]
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'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.'# h$ ?% o" y4 q
Danny - age 7
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'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.
( c. @* C% G- f& H, u4 jMy Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'
5 _# G2 K8 N$ L0 |/ z/ \' ~Emily - age 8
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2 ?+ r7 x8 d1 w; s'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'$ `/ l. s% x `2 _
Bobby - age 7 (Wow!); l! R6 k' _5 p" ~: N' E5 C9 u
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" q: s( A" s) ?' b0 Z'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'
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3 U: |+ [3 G$ }" Y4 b5 YNikka - age 6
3 V: f# T( }3 m+ H(we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet)
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'Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.'; _* ? [4 @1 \. w. I
Noelle - age 7/ K. s3 @7 x" G+ l) L4 J
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, m4 X# y+ o" a4 L0 l'Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well.'( n2 A% ^$ w# ?5 J5 v5 l! M
Tommy - age 6; f8 @1 N& x: _- o/ h( T! T+ ^
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( c: y* s, Y6 A3 N5 I, I'During my piano recital, I was on a stage and I was scared. I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling.
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( g! R6 ~7 ]5 C4 x' x6 ^He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'
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5 L1 f$ l/ g9 j( I7 r7 K9 j# l'My mommy loves me more than anybody, l$ m% O2 i/ @0 m& _0 R2 A
0 b7 T4 W9 s$ u/ p' ?! w1 _You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.'
- i6 N9 t* G5 O' M& ?1 nC lare - age 6
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% v" j& B% ~; p- Z4 \) b5 a'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'
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'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.'7 K, U$ H+ ]# d( n6 c
C hris - age 7" ?0 G3 S. B. h% C& d
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# X4 W3 R; V7 n vMary Ann - age 4! W E. p; P4 A3 [) G9 v3 v, G5 c
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$ x1 D2 V/ `- `9 ~# N1 T'I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.'
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'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image)
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'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.'
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5 e5 P1 E9 b9 `* D( k) eAnd the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.
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The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.
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, a& H: g# I; l* J7 AThe winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife.
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, Q2 L ?; r" E+ K7 x" hUpon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there.
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7 ]# L$ q3 d2 J# \) sWhen his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,# H3 b( f0 X$ O& Q# ]- Q
'Nothing, I just helped him cry' |
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