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 Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.9 M+ b" ?5 N9 U& ?
Touching words from the mouths of babes.) Z7 s7 W0 I" k" i* o8 m$ Y
What does 'Love' mean?8 p" f5 J! S- |/ p
A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?'% X5 x- Y1 N: {) Y; l# s! I8 J
The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:
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0 R" k+ R5 U. M' B'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.'
! b, @! D7 {6 ]$ `" qRebecca- age 8
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'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.3 `. E2 d, W7 m" K
You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.', j, P/ z) }/ x- e; g
Billy - age 4/ ]- q, _7 v, H: q
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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.'% B; z- P/ h. k+ R8 i2 o
Karl - age 5
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$ N" v8 e" q' \# V9 L3 i+ I'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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'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'( O+ \& y6 N k. P) Q* k0 z
Terri - age 4
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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.': F5 j. p: n P, S2 \1 u
Danny - age 7( n) M- Z, O. f% \# P# t
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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.
3 V, S0 \/ ?/ C# ^( p3 Z; B2 XMy Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'
8 I8 p5 n& h5 ^; KEmily - age 8( S* k! T4 o2 i+ D% g
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- f8 S+ O# I- F'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'
; Y- k( ]8 B' T: X' E: W2 wBobby - age 7 (Wow!)
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'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'
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Nikka - age 6 c9 I. z6 x: u3 y$ D
(we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet)
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$ w5 e7 f, }' b5 T1 y& U) h, q' \'Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.'" ]2 @) h0 Q9 R4 W
Noelle - age 7% S4 F% ~% P3 S9 D$ v% k$ B
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" ]: R& \# F% I+ k R u! D6 w. V'Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well.'+ i2 J% T0 T# o
Tommy - age 63 u6 @6 Y' i \
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'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.1 Z( g; J: F* Q, s* }$ `
( |9 {+ W4 \9 a' XHe was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.', Z# T# F4 f3 Z+ q$ f. a: [
Cindy - age 8
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) i2 J) F+ V" X# v( A4 }4 O- o'My mommy loves me more than anybody
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You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.'
; G& e! Z' M/ [0 \7 F1 ^% GC lare - age 6
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'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'( y! q' w& P$ ?
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; h& A" O8 ]2 ]- R5 q'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.'
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" A6 S3 C8 S% g' E0 q2 f; ]'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day'
* T( X- W1 ~: e1 J! fMary Ann - age 42 C* M; N- h, \! ?
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'I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.'; l& q: b# L! N5 s9 q0 J
Lauren - age 4$ A/ h3 h% Q" s, p* f( w9 h3 O0 Q
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+ ]( v2 p& ?$ b3 `% x6 c'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image)( a; x9 i, t2 ~* ?7 {" u
Karen - age 7& o& j; Q7 O: [- y5 B f- S9 O
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1 k' u/ j$ u, o& H2 O'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.'
! N5 O- j; W/ }, Z- T! V* BJessica - age 8
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And the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.
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" a" m6 ` f2 u! D fThe purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.* F) Z1 M: l% m# L- P8 L
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The winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife.2 n$ f- H1 f5 M
5 G8 Z0 I9 P1 f y. e2 aUpon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there.! t0 ^" O# ?5 v5 ~
7 s! d/ X" u+ b$ hWhen his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,
' |: g( }/ ?( S) ~% O! E'Nothing, I just helped him cry' |
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